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skeleton

English

  1. 🔊 the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape
    “the building has a steel skeleton”
  2. 🔊 a scandal that is kept secret
    “there must be a skeleton somewhere in that family's closet”
  3. 🔊 something reduced to its minimal form
    “the battalion was a mere skeleton of its former self”
  4. 🔊 the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal

Spanish

  1. 🔊 armadura skeleton
  2. 🔊 esqueleto skeleton
  3. 🔊 osambre skeleton
  4. 🔊 osamenta skeleton

Similar words

skeletal frame frame underframe skeletal system frame systema skeletale skeleton in the closet skeleton in the cupboard abbreviation abbreviature abrege abridgment abstract adumbrate anatomy appendicular skeleton ashes axial skeleton backing barebones bean pole beanstalk bearing block out