Also means
pit (of fruit)
Usage Note
Hueso covers both the anatomical bone and the hard stone or pit of a fruit (hueso de melocotón, peach pit). The expression ser un hueso duro de roer (to be a tough nut to crack) is very common. Hueso is masculine, and its plural huesos is regular.
Examples
"El perro enterró el hueso en el jardín."
Natural Translation
The dog buried the bone in the garden.

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