BONE OF CONTENTION

Meaning of BONE OF CONTENTION in English

a subject, cause, or focal point of a dispute: The terms of the old man's will were a bone of contention to his survivors.

[ 1705-15 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

BONE OF CONTENTION — point of disagreement, point of dispute
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
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 — point of disagreement, controversial point Job security is the bone of contention in our discussions.
English Idioms vocabulary
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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BONE OF CONTENTION — яблоко раздора
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BONE OF CONTENTION — яблоко раздора
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BONE OF CONTENTION — яблоко раздора
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BONE OF CONTENTION — яблоко раздора
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BONE OF CONTENTION — яблоко раздора
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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 …
Telecommunication Standard Terms English vocab

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