skeleton
adj.
pertaining to a skeleton; serving as a supporting framework; minimal, reduced to the most basic level
n.
framework of bones that supports the body of an organism; framework, support structure; very thin person or animal; something that is reduced to its most basic form; secret or shameful information
Skeleton
Skeleton
(n.)
The more or less firm or hardened framework of an invertebrate animal.
(n.)
The heads and outline of a literary production, especially of a sermon.
(n.)
The framework of anything; the principal parts that support the rest, but without the appendages.
(n.)
The bony and cartilaginous framework which supports the soft parts of a vertebrate animal.
(n.)
A very thin or lean person.
(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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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Skeleton
The skeleton is composed of bones and is the framework of the body.
skeleton
The framework that supports the soft tissues of vertebrate animals and protects many of their internal organs. The skeletons of vertebrates are made of bone and/or cartilage.
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