skeleton

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Synonyms: sceleton, skelton, skeleto, skeleto-, skeletor, skeletal, peleton, skelet, skeletony, skeletons, shelton

Antonyms: sceleton, skelton, skeleto, skeleto-, skeletor, skeletal, peleton, skelet, skeletony, skeletons, shelton

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Noun

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.
2. An anthropomorphic representation of a skeleton.
   • Her whimsical Halloween decorations include dancing skeletons who sing an eerie song.
3. A very thin person.
   • She lost so much weight while she was ill that she became a skeleton.
4. The central core of something that gives shape to the entire structure; an outline of a longer project.
   • The skeleton of the organisation is essentially the same as it was ten years ago, but many new faces have come and gone.
   • I've written three stories. Well, one is a skeleton, but the other two are mostly complete.
5. A frame that provides support to a building or other construction.
6. A client-helper procedure that communicates with a stub.
   • In remote method invocation, the client helper is a ‘stub’ and the service helper is a ‘skeleton’.
7. The vertices and edges of a polyhedron, taken collectively.
8. A full subcategory of another category, consisting of one object from each isomorphism class in the original.
9. A very thin form of light-faced type.
10. A minimum or bare essentials.
11. The network of veins in a leaf.
12. Clipping of skeleton in the closet (“a shameful secret”).

Verb

1. To reduce to a skeleton; to skin; to skeletonize.
2. To minimize.

Noun

1. A type of tobogganing in which competitors lie face down, and descend head first.
2. The form of toboggan used in this sport.

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