skeleton
/ˈskɛlɪtən/
The system that provides support to an organism, where in vertebrates it is internal and consists of bones and cartilage, and external in some other animals; An anthropomorphic representation of a skeleton; A very thin person; The central core of something that gives shape to the entire structure
- plural
- skeleta
Meanings
- 1
The system that provides support to an organism, where in vertebrates it is internal and consists of bones and cartilage, and external in some other animals
Tom has a skeleton key.
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The bones form a skeleton.
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- 2
An anthropomorphic representation of a skeleton
- 3
A very thin person
- 4
The central core of something that gives shape to the entire structure; an outline of a longer project
- 5
A frame that provides support to a building or other construction
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A client-helper procedure that communicates with a stubrare
- 7
The vertices and edges of a polyhedron, taken collectivelyrare
- 8
A full subcategory of another category, consisting of one object from each isomorphism class in the originalrare
- 9
A very thin form of light-faced typerare
- 10
A minimum or bare essentialsrare