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| NOUN | 1 | skeleton | Something reduced to its minimal form |
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| 2 | skeleton, skeleton in the closet, skeleton in the cupboard | A scandal that is kept secret | |
| 3 | skeleton, skeletal system, frame, systema skeletale | The hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal | |
| 4 | skeleton, skeletal frame, frame, underframe | The internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape |
| Sounds | skeh'lahtahn |
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| Rhymes | Aachen, Aaron, abandon, and 2521 more rhymes in ahn... |
| Meaning | Something reduced to its minimal form. |
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| Examples | "the battalion was a mere skeleton of its former self"; "the bare skeleton of a novel" |
| Broader | minimum, lower limit |
| Meaning | A scandal that is kept secret. |
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| Examples | "there must be a skeleton somewhere in that family's closet" |
| Synonyms | skeleton in the closet, skeleton in the cupboard |
| Broader | scandal, outrage |
| Meaning | The hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal. |
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| Synonyms | skeletal system, frame, systema skeletale |
| Part of | musculoskeletal system |
| Parts | skeletal structure |
| Broader | system |
| Narrower | endoskeleton; exoskeleton |
| Adjectives | skeletal; musculoskeletal |
| Meaning | The internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape. |
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| Examples | "the building has a steel skeleton" |
| Synonyms | skeletal frame, frame, underframe |
| Part of | aircraft; building, edifice; ship |
| Broader | supporting structure |
| Narrower | chassis; hoop |
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