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skeleton

('sk/E/l/I/t/-/n )

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.(adjective)

source: webster1913

something reduced to its minimal form(noun.quantity)

Example:
The battalion was a mere skeleton of its former self.
The bare skeleton of a novel.

source: wordnet30
a scandal that is kept secret(noun.event)

Example:
There must be a skeleton somewhere in that family's closet.

Synonym:
skeleton in the closet, skeleton in the cupboard

source: wordnet30
the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal(noun.body)

Synonym:
frame, skeletal system, systema skeletale

source: wordnet30
the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape(noun.artifact)

Example:
The building has a steel skeleton.

Synonym:
frame, skeletal frame, underframe

source: wordnet30
The bony and cartilaginous framework which supports the soft parts of a vertebrate animal.(noun)

source: webster1913

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