bone-dry

See also: bonedry and bone dry

English

Alternative forms

bone dry

Pronunciation

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Adjective

bone-dry (not comparable)

(idiomatic) totally dry; without moisture.

Synonyms

dry as a bone

Translations

totally dry

Bulgarian: екстремно сух (ekstremno suh), безводен (bg) (bezvoden)
Czech: suchý jako troud
Finnish: rutikuiva (fi)
French: sec comme du brésil (fr), désséché
German: knochentrocken (de)

Greek: κατάξερος (el) (katáxeros)
Ancient: κατάξηρος (katáxēros)
Hungarian: csontszáraz (hu)
Swedish: peppartorr, snustorr (sv)

Anagrams

dry bone, nerdboy

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