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Meaning of 'skeleton' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Skeleton [ a.]
- Consisting of, or resembling, a skeleton; consisting merely of the framework or outlines; having only certain leading features of anything; as, a skeleton sermon; a skeleton crystal.
2 . Skeleton [ n.]
- The bony and cartilaginous framework which supports the soft parts of a vertebrate animal.
- The more or less firm or hardened framework of an invertebrate animal.
- A very thin or lean person.
- The framework of anything; the principal parts that support the rest, but without the appendages.
- The heads and outline of a literary production, especially of a sermon.

Meaning of 'skeleton' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . skeleton [ n]
Meaning (1):
- something reduced to its minimal form
Example in sentence:
  • the bare skeleton of a novel;
  • the battalion was a mere skeleton of its former self
Meaning (2):
- the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape
Example in sentence:
  • the building has a steel skeleton
Meaning (3):
- a scandal that is kept secret
Example in sentence:
  • there must be a skeleton somewhere in that family's closet

Nearby Words:

skean skedaddle skedaddled skedaddling skee skeed skeel skeelduck skeelgoose skeet

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