hueso (m)
n.
bone, hard structures which make up the skeleton; stone, pit
HUESO
Bridge bone in the saddle of the guitar
hueso1
1 = bone.
Ex: The large stores of inscription on bones or tortoise shells of the Yin and Shang dynasties unearthed by paleontologists are the seeds of the earliest ancient Chinese archives.
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* con muchos huesos y poca carne = bony [bonier -comp., boniest -sup.].
* de carne y hueso = flesh-and-blood.
* en carne y hueso = in the flesh.
* hueso de la risa = funny bone.
* hueso duro = tough nut.
* hueso duro de roer = uphill struggle, tough nut to crack, hard nut to crack.
* hueso temporal = temporal bone.
* lleno de huesos = bony [bonier -comp., boniest -sup.].
* salud de los huesos = bone health.
hueso2
2 = pit.
Nota: De fruta.
Ex: On Crete the locals eat them by the handful and spit out the pits like watermelon seeds.