light-boned

1. 1.

   having a bone structure that is light with respect to the surrounding flesh

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Questions about light-boned

What does light-boned mean?

light-boned means "having a bone structure that is light with respect to the surrounding flesh".

How many syllables are in light-boned?

light-boned has 2 syllables and divides as light--boned under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is light-boned a common word?

light-boned is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.