Usually means: Completely devoid of any moisture.
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  1. bone-dry: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. bone-dry: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. bone-dry: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. bone-dry, bone-dry: Collins English Dictionary
  5. bone-dry: Vocabulary.com
  6. bone-dry: Wordnik
  7. bone-dry: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. bone-dry: Wiktionary
  9. bone-dry: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. bone-dry: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. bone-dry: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. bone-dry: Dictionary.com
  13. bone-dry: Free Dictionary
  14. bone-dry: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. bone-dry: Dictionary/thesaurus

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adjective:  (idiomatic) Totally dry; without moisture.

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