Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having large bones; stout; very strong.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Used other than as an idiom: Having large bones.
  • adjective Fat, obese.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective having a bone structure that is massive in contrast with the surrounding flesh

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Examples

  • First Impression: Hedda is described as a big-boned woman who is stern and stubborn.

    5-Star Baby Name Advisor Bruce Lansky 2008

  • First Impression: Hedda is described as a big-boned woman who is stern and stubborn.

    5-Star Baby Name Advisor Bruce Lansky 2008

  • Detective Thelma Fielding, probably forty, was a strong woman with exceptionally large eyes, man-hands, what you’d call a big-boned woman.

    A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009

  • Detective Thelma Fielding, probably forty, was a strong woman with exceptionally large eyes, man-hands, what you’d call a big-boned woman.

    A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009

  • Detective Thelma Fielding, probably forty, was a strong woman with exceptionally large eyes, man-hands, what you’d call a big-boned woman.

    A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009

  • Antonio Wright always had issues with his weight; even as a small child, he remembers being referred to as “stocky” and “big-boned.”

    Body by Design Kris Gethin 2011

  • She's the reason that in Australia, the phrase is: "It's not over until the tall, big-boned, lantern-jawed woman sings."

    Tallulah Morehead: Dead Folks 2010: Everyone's Pushing Up Roses Tallulah Morehead 2011

  • She's the reason that in Australia, the phrase is: "It's not over until the tall, big-boned, lantern-jawed woman sings."

    Tallulah Morehead: Dead Folks 2010: Everyone's Pushing Up Roses Tallulah Morehead 2011

  • With a larger-than-life aura, this short, big-boned Jewish woman had sinewy, arthritic hands, rounded shoulders, and burning bunions on her tired feet.

    Brooklyn Story Suzanne Corso 2011

  • But there arose one, Long Jeff, a Yankee-man, big-boned and big-muscled.

    GRIT OF WOMEN 2010

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