bone dry

1. 1.

   without a trace of moisture; as dry as a weathered bone

   “bone-dry leaves are a fire hazard”

   “a drier to get the clothes bone dry”

   Synonymsbone-dry

   Similardry

Questions about bone dry

What does bone dry mean?

bone dry means "without a trace of moisture; as dry as a weathered bone".

What is another word for bone dry?

Close synonyms include bone-dry. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bone dry a common word?

bone dry is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.