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skeleton::noun | Spocien Dictionary

skeleton

/'skɛlɪtən/

a scandal that is kept secret

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

/'skɛlɪtən/

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

Type	Words
Synonyms	frame, skeletal system, systema skeletale
Type of	system
Has types	exoskeleton, endoskeleton
Derivation	skeletal

skeleton

/'skɛlɪtən/

the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape

Type	Words
Synonyms	frame, skeletal frame, underframe
Type of	supporting structure
Has types	chassis, hoop

the building has a steel skeleton.

skeleton

/'skɛlɪtən/

something reduced to its minimal form

Type	Words
Type of	lower limit, minimum

the battalion was a mere skeleton of its former self.

the bare skeleton of a novel.