'bone of contention' definitions:
Definition of 'bone of contention'
(from WordNet)
noun
The subject of a dispute; "the real bone of contention, as you know, is money"
Synonyms of 'bone of contention'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- apple of discord,
- bone to pick,
- casus belli,
- catechism,
- cross-interrogatory,
- cross-question,
- crow to pick,
- crow to pluck,
- debating point,
- demand,
- feeler,
- grounds for war,
- inquiry,
- interrogation,
- interrogative,
- interrogatory,
- issue,
- leader,
- leading question,
- moot point,
- point at issue,
- point in question,
- problem,
- query,
- question,
- question at issue,
- question mark,
- quodlibet,
- rub,
- sore point,
- tender spot,
- ticklish issue,
- topic,
- trial balloon,
- vexed question