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skeleton::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | skeleton in the closet, skeleton in the cupboard |
| Type of | scandal, outrage |
there must be a skeleton somewhere in that family's closet.
skeleton::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | frame, skeletal system, systema skeletale |
| Type of | system |
| Has types | exoskeleton, endoskeleton |
| Derivation | skeletal |
skeleton::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | frame, skeletal frame, underframe |
| Type of | supporting structure |
| Has types | chassis, hoop |
the building has a steel skeleton.
skeleton::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | lower limit, minimum |
the battalion was a mere skeleton of its former self.
the bare skeleton of a novel.
Examples of skeleton
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I'll bring in a skeleton of a song, and then we'll fight tooth and nail over it.
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This process ultimately disrupts corals'ability to create an aragonite skeleton.
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Concrete reinforced with steel forms the skeleton of many buildings and bridges.
From the newscientist.com
Its 19 ribs have the curve of a wave or, some say, represent a whale's skeleton.
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The locomotive's windows are smashed and its metal skeleton is already corroded.
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That may be the future blueprint for state parks on a long-term skeleton budget.
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Doug Lowe built the front section of a pirate ship with a skeleton at the wheel.
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Eclipse has a skeleton staff working without pay who will keep operations going.
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But Kelly's descendants wanted the skeleton so they could have a private burial.
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- Something reduced to its minimal form; "the battalion was a mere skeleton of its former self"; "the bare skeleton of a novel"
- A scandal that is kept secret; "there must be a skeleton somewhere in that family's closet"
- Skeletal system: the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal
- The internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape; "the building has a steel skeleton"
- (skeletal) of or relating to or forming or attached to a skeleton; "the skeletal system"; "skeletal bones"; "skeletal muscles"
- (skeletal) bony: very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; "emaciated bony hands"; "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"; "eyes were haggard and cavernous"; "small pinched faces"; "kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration"
- The skeleton (gr. skeletos = "dried-body", "mummy"), is in biology and in the anatomy the body part that forms the supporting structure of an organism. ...
- Skeleton is an album by Figurines, released in 2005.
- In mathematics, a skeleton of a category is a subcategory which, roughly speaking, does not contain any extraneous isomorphisms. In a certain sense, the skeleton of a category is the "smallest" equivalent category which captures all "categorical properties". ...
