Full Definition of BONE. 1. a: one of the hard parts of the skeleton of a vertebrate b: any of various hard animal substances or structures (as baleen or ivory) akin to or resembling bone c: the hard largely calcareous connective tissue of which the adult skeleton of most vertebrates is chiefly composed.2.ull Definition of BONE. transitive verb. 1. 2. : to provide (a garment) with stays. 3. : to rub (as a boot or baseball bat) with something hard (as a piece of bone) in order to smooth the surface. intransitive verb. See bone defined for English-language learners.
Located in both Steuben and Yates counties, Keuka Lake is 19.6 miles long, 1.9 miles wide, and reaches a maximum depth of 183 feet. As the third largest Finger Lake, it is surrounded by the communities of Hammondsport, Branchport, and Penn Yan.
The Great Lakes are dotted with more than 35,000 islands. While many of the islands are small and uninhabitable, the largest is Lake Huron's Manitoulin Island (1,068 square miles or 2,766 square km), which is also the largest island in any inland body of water on the planet. There have been a number of shipwrecks on the Great Lakes, as storms and reefs can make navigation treacherous.