Difference between Bone-dry and Dry

What is the difference between Bone-dry and Dry?

Bone-dry as an adjective is totally dry (as a weathered bone) while Dry as an adjective is free from liquid or moisture.

Bone-dry

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: totally dry (as a weathered bone)

Dry

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To lose moisture.To remove moisture from.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Free from liquid or moisture.Free of water in any state; anhydrousMaintaining temperance; void or abstinent from alcoholic beverages.Of an alcoholic drink that is not sweet, and /or has a high alcohol content.Subtly humorous.Not working with chemical or biological matter, but, rather, doing computations.

Example sentence: Anyone with a child knows that children learn about the world through binary options: up or down, hot or cold, big or little, inside or outside, wet or dry, good or bad, boy or girl, man or woman.

We hope you now know whether to use Bone-dry or Dry in your sentence.

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