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skeleton

noun

1 skeleton

Something reduced to its minimal form.

Roget 626: plan, scheme, design, project; proposal, proposition, suggestion; resolution, motion; precaution etc. (provision) 673; deep-laid plan ... show more

Roget 203: narrowness etc. adj.; closeness, exility; exiguity etc. (little) 193.    line; hair's breadth, finger's breadth; strip, streak, ... show more

Roget 362: corpse, corse, carcass, cadaver, bones, skeleton, dry bones; defunct, relics, reliquiae [Lat.], remains, mortal remains, dust, ashes, ... show more

2 skeleton

A scandal that is kept secret:
— There must be a skeleton somewhere in that family's closet.

synonyms: skeleton in the closet, skeleton in the cupboard.

3 skeleton

The hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal.

synonyms: frame, skeletal system, systema skeletale.

Roget 215: support, ground, foundation, base, basis; terra firma; bearing, fulcrum, bait [U.S.], caudex crib; point d'appui [Fr.], pou sto [Gr.], purchase footing, hold, ... show more

Dutch: skelet, geraamte
Polish: szkielet, kościec, układ kostny

4 skeleton

The internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape:
— The building has a steel skeleton.

synonyms: frame, skeletal frame, underframe.

Polish: szkielet


Moby thesaurus: abbreviation, abbreviature, abrege, abridgment, abstract, adumbrate, anatomy, appendicular skeleton, ashes, axial skeleton, backing, barebones, bean pole, beanstalk, bearing, block out, blueprint, body, bones, brief ... show more.

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