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skeleton

Nouns

• (n) something reduced to its minimal form
  • the battalion was a mere skeleton of its former self
  • the bare skeleton of a novel
• (n) a scandal that is kept secret
  • there must be a skeleton somewhere in that family's closet
  skeleton in the closet, skeleton in the cupboard,
• (n) the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal skeletal system, systema skeletale, frame,
• (n) the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape
  • the building has a steel skeleton
  skeletal frame, underframe, frame,

Synonyms

skeleton in the closet skeleton in the cupboard skeletal system systema skeletale frame skeletal frame underframe

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