bone meal in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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meal1 [Am mil, Brit miːl] N FOOD

meal
comida f
she has four meals a day
hace cuatro comidas al día
she has four meals a day
come cuatro veces al día
he cooked me a delicious meal
me preparó or me hizo una comida deliciosa
it's your turn to cook a meal
te toca a ti hacer la comida or hacer de comer
she never has a proper meal
nunca come como es debido or como Dios manda
I try not to eat between meals
trato de no comer nada entre horas
I've invited them over for a meal
los he invitado a comer (or a cenar)
to make a meal of sth esp Brit he really made a meal of a very simple job
se complicó mucho la vida con lo que era un trabajo muy sencillo
a short letter will do: there's no need to make a meal of it
con una carta corta alcanza: no hay por qué exagerar
the press really made a meal of his remarks on the role of women
la prensa les sacó muchísimo jugo a sus comentarios sobre el papel de las mujeres

meal2 [Am mil, Brit miːl] N U

I.bone [Am boʊn, Brit bəʊn] N

1. bone C ANAT:

bone
hueso m
this is too much for my poor old bones
yo ya no estoy para estos trotes
I can feel it in my bones
tengo ese presentimiento
meat on/off the bone
carne f con/sin hueso
the bare bones (of sth)
lo básico (de algo)
as dry as a bone
requeteseco
to be a bone of contention
ser la manzana de la discordia
to be close to the bone
pasarse de castaño oscuro inf
to cut sth to the bone we've cut costs to the bone
hemos reducido los gastos a lo esencial or al mínimo
he cut his finger to the bone
se cortó el dedo hasta el hueso
to have a bone to pick with sb
tener que ajustar cuentas con alguien
to make no bones about sth she makes no bones about her sympathies/being an atheist
no esconde or no oculta sus preferencias/que es atea
let's make no bones about it
no nos andemos con tapujos or con rodeos

II.bone [Am boʊn, Brit bəʊn] VB trans

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bone meal in the PONS Dictionary

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II.bone [bəʊn, Am boʊn] ADJ

III.bone [bəʊn, Am boʊn] VB trans

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It is a device for extracting fats from bones in a high-pressure steam environment, which also renders them brittle enough to be easily ground into bone meal.
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The rendering industry gets very vague about what is in meat and bone meal, even in otherwise highly technical documents.
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Research in the 1980s found that many bone meal preparations were contaminated with lead and other toxic metals, and is no longer recommended as a calcium source.
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There is no simple way to look at a shipment of meat and bone meal and tell exactly what species are in the mix.
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Bones were ground up for bone meal fertilizer.
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Stock-free growers do not keep domesticated animals and do not use animal products such as farmed animal manures or animal parts (bone meal, blood meal, fish meal).
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This included leather, fats for soap, bone for bone meal and manufactured articles, fertilizers, glycerine, hair for brushes, and even an array of pharmaceuticals.
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The cracklings are further ground to make meat and bone meal.
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Blood meal, bone meal, and other animal by-products are permitted in certified organic production as soil amendments, though they can not be fed to organic livestock.
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The meat and the bones (which are in a dry, ground state) are converted to what is known as meat and bone meal.
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