BONE OF CONTENTION

Meaning of BONE OF CONTENTION in English

point of disagreement, controversial point

Job security is the bone of contention in our discussions.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

BONE OF CONTENTION — a subject, cause, or focal point of a dispute: The terms of the old man's will were a bone of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BONE OF CONTENTION — point of disagreement, point of dispute
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BONE OF CONTENTION — a source of continuing disagreement. → bone
Concise Oxford English vocab
BONE OF CONTENTION — ( bones of contention) If a particular matter or issue is a bone of contention , it is the subject …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BONE OF CONTENTION — (bones of contention) If a particular matter or issue is a ~, it is the subject of a disagreement or …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
BONE OF CONTENTION — Synonyms and related words : apple of discord, bone to pick, casus belli, catechism, cross-interrogatory, cross-question, crow to pick, crow …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BONE OF CONTENTION — {n. phr.} Something to fight over; a reason for quarrels; the subject of a fight. * /The boundary line between …
Slang English vocab
BONE OF CONTENTION — Subject of contention, subject of dispute.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
BONE OF CONTENTION — See ↑ DISAGREE 6
Longman Activator English vocab
BONE OF CONTENTION — {n. phr.} Something to fight over; a reason for quarrels; the subject of a fight. * /The boundary line between …
Словарь английских идиом
BONE OF CONTENTION — point of disagreement, controversial point Job security is the bone of contention in our discussions.
English Idioms vocab
BONE OF CONTENTION — n. phr. Something to fight over; a reason for quarrels; the subject of a fight. The boundary line between the …
American Idioms English vocabulary
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BONE OF CONTENTION — яблоко раздора
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Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
CONTENTION — n 1. exertion (of faculties); 2. contention (= act of arguing, disputing)
Interlingua English vocab
BONE — I Rigid connective tissue of Bones serve as the body's supporting framework, provide muscle-attachment points for movement, protect the internal …
Английский словарь Британика
BONE — I. ˈbōn noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English boon, bon, from Old English bān; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CONTENTION — kənˈtenchən noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English contencioun, from Middle French, from Latin contention-, contentio, from contentus (past participle …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BÔNE — adjective or bone Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: from Bône or Bone (now Annaba ), Algeria : of or from the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CONTENTION — (n.) Strife in words; controversy; altercation; quarrel; dispute; as, a bone of contention.
Английский словарь Webster
CONTENTION — ( n. ) Strife in words; controversy; altercation; quarrel; dispute; as, a bone of contention.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CONTENTION — — contentional , adj. /keuhn ten"sheuhn/ , n. 1. a struggling together in opposition; strife. 2. a striving in rivalry; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BONE — /bohn/ , n. , v. , boned, boning , adv. n. 1. Anat. , Zool. a. one of the structures …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BONE — I. ˈbōn noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English bon, from Old English bān; akin to Old High German & …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CONTENTION — noun Etymology: Middle English contencioun, from Anglo-French cuntenciun, from Latin contention-, contentio, from contendere Date: 14th century 1. : an …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CONTENTION — noun vehemence of endeavor; eagerness; ardor; zeal. 2. contention ·noun a violent effort or struggle to obtain, or to resist, …
Webster English vocab
BONE — vt to fertilize with bone. 2. bone ·noun dice. 3. bone ·noun fig.: the framework of anything. 4. bone ·vt …
Webster English vocab
CONTENTION — [con.ten.tion] n [ME contencioun, fr. MF, fr. L contention-, contentio, fr. contendere] (14c) 1: an act or instance of contending …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BONE — [bone] n, often attrib [ME bon, fr. OE ban; akin to OHG & ON bein bone, and perh. to OIr …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BONE — rigid body tissue consisting of cells embedded in an abundant, hard intercellular material. The two principal components of this material, …
Britannica English vocabulary
CONTENTION — contention BrE AmE kən ˈten t ʃ ə n § \ ( ˌ ) kɒn- ▷ contention|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BONE — bone, Bone BrE AmE bəʊn AmE boʊn ▷ boned bəʊnd AmE boʊnd ▷ boning ˈbəʊn ɪŋ AmE ˈboʊn ɪŋ ▷ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CONTENTION — / kənˈtenʃn; NAmE / noun ( formal ) 1. [ U ] angry disagreement between people SYN dispute : One …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BONE — / bəʊn; NAmE boʊn/ noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C ] any of the hard parts that form …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CONTENTION — con ‧ ten ‧ tion /kənˈtenʃ ə n/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BONE — I. bone 1 S2 W2 /bəʊn $ boʊn/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: ban ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CONTENTION — n. 1 a dispute or argument; rivalry. 2 a point contended for in an argument (it is my contention that …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BONE — n. & v. --n. 1 any of the pieces of hard tissue making up the skeleton in vertebrates. 2 (in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CONTENTION — n. 1 a dispute or argument; rivalry. 2 a point contended for in an argument (it is my contention that …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BONE — n. & v. n. 1 any of the pieces of hard tissue making up the skeleton in vertebrates. 2 (in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CONTENTION — n.1 a dispute or argument; rivalry. 2 a point contended for in an argument (it is my contention that you …
Oxford English vocab
BONE — n. & v. --n. 1. any of the pieces of hard tissue making up the skeleton in vertebrates. 2 (in …
Oxford English vocab
CONTENTION — ( contentions) 1. Someone’s contention is the idea or opinion that they are expressing in an argument or discussion. This …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BONE — ( bones, boning, boned) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Your bones …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CONTENTION — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE main ▪ A third main cause of contention between the two parties was foreign …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BONE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES bone china bone dry ▪ There had been no rain for months and the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CONTENTION — (DISAGREEMENT) [noun] [U] - the disagreement that results from opposing argumentsThere's a lot of contention about that issue - for …
Cambridge English vocab
BONE — n. Rigid connective tissue of vertebrates , consisting of cells embedded in a hard matrix. Bones serve as the body's …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
BONE — Synonyms and related words : adamant, aitchbone, anklebone, anvil, backbone, bill, biscuit, bony, breastbone, brick, buck, calcaneus, cannon bone, carpal, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
CONTENTION — See: BONE OF CONTENTION.
Slang English vocab
CONTENTION — noun 1 opinion that sb expresses ADJECTIVE ▪ main ▪ Her main ~ is that staff should get better training. …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
CONTENTION — • ↑ bone of contention
Longman Activator English vocab
CONTENTION — n. 25B6; noun a point of contention : DISAGREEMENT, dispute, disputation, argument, discord, conflict, friction, strife, dissension, disharmony. the Marxist …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
BONE — n. 25B6; noun . See lists here and at fracture . osseous, osteo-. Human Bones See also vertebra . occipital …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
CONTENTION — See: BONE OF CONTENTION.
Словарь английских идиом
CONTENTION — 1. A condition that arises when two or more data stations attempt to transmit at the same time over a …
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