BONES as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance
   Synonym(s)
   • castanets (what does castanets mean?)
   • clappers (what does clappers mean?)
   • finger cymbals (what does finger cymbals mean?)
   • maraca (what does maraca mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) bones is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • percussion instrument (what does percussion instrument mean?)
   • percussive instrument (what does percussive instrument mean?)