Is bone a proper or common noun?

Answer 1

The word 'bone' is a common noun; a word for any bone of any person or animal.

A proper noun is the name of a specific person, place, thing, or a title; for example:

• Dr. Bone & the Hepcats, New Orleans Jazz band
• Bone Regency, South Sulawesi Province of Indonesia
• Bone Street, Gainesville, TX or West Bone Street, Bethel, OH
• "Bone", limited edition comic book series by Jeff Smith
• "Bones: A Forensic Detective's Casebook" by Dr. Douglas Ubelaker and Henry Scammell

Answer 2

Yes, both dog and bone are common nouns forming a common compound noun.

In the phrase 'dog bone', the word 'dog' is acting as an adjective to describe the noun 'bone'. A noun functioning as an adjective is called an attributive noun.

Answer 3

Yes, the noun 'dog' is a common noun, a word for a type of animal, a word for a thing.