Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
bone dry
adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ The Red River Valley soil is bone dry after three years of drought.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Afterwards dry if necessary with a bone dry cloth to ensure that there are no drips.
▪ Both of his knees are bone dry.
▪ If you reduce the humidity so the walls are bone dry, then the apartment will be too dry.
▪ My feet were still bone dry at the end of the second day.
▪ The precise timing varies from year to year and place to place, but the winter and spring are generally bone dry.
▪ This makes the ground bone dry and the marks of the ancient habitation easy to spot from an aircraft.
▪ Though bone dry, they shone in an evening sun that dazzled us, as we linked up the infrequent holds.
Wiktionary
bone dry
a. (alternative form of bone-dry English)
WordNet
bone dry
adj. without a trace of moisture; as dry as a weathered bone; "bone-dry leaves are a fire hazard"; "a drier to get the clothes bone dry" [syn: bone-dry(a), bone dry(p)]
Wikipedia
Bone Dry
Bone Dry is an American drama film released in 2008. It was directed, produced by Emmy award winner Brett A. Hart & written by Jeff O'Brien & Brett A. Hart. The film starred Luke Goss and Lance Henriksen. Bone Dry is now available on Netflix, video on demand & DVD.
Usage examples of "bone dry".
A short climb to his left ran a broad ledge of some kind, out of the shadow and looking bone dry.
My mouth was bone dry and I desperately needed a drink but lacked the energy to get over to the falls.