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Meaning
Noun
●
In Anatomy:
The system that provides support to an
organism
,
internal
and
made up
of
bones
and
cartilage
in
vertebrates
,
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.
●
In Architecture:
A
frame
that provides support to a
building
or other construction.
●
In Computing:
A client-helper
procedure
that
communicates
with a stub.
●
In Geometry:
The
vertices
and
edges
of a
polyhedron
,
taken
collectively.
●
In Printing:
A very
thin
form of light-faced type.
●
Reduced to a
minimum
or
bare
essentials.
●
In Botany:
The network of
veins
in a leaf.
●
In Sports:
A type of
tobogganing
in which
competitors
lie
face down
, and
descend
head
first.
Verb
●
To reduce to a
skeleton
; to
skin
; to
skeleton
ize.
●
To minimize.
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Origin
skeleton
English
σκελετός
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
σκελλώ
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Backbone
Ottomy
Skellington
Sceleton
Skeleton
Bare-Bones
Thin Person
Antonyms
Stub
Related
Skull
Bone
Body
Bones
Spider
Spine
Mammoth
Fossil
Turtle
Structure
Sarcophagus
Shape
Cartilage
Sculpture
Frame
Tissue
Muscle
Shell
Vertebrae
Statue
Anatomy
Rhino
Skin
Cavity
Joint
Frog
Silhouette
Caterpillar
Nucleus
Doll
Robot
Trunk
Triceratops
Musculature
Organ
Ring
Face
Neck
Limbs
Core
Sabertooth Tiger
Lizard Tail
Tree Trunk
Vertebral Column
Connective Tissue
Bone Structure
Woolly Mammoth
Pile Of Bones
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