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English to English adjective
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Consisting of, or resembling, a skeleton; consisting merely of the framework or outlines; having only certain leading features of anything; as, a skeleton sermon; a skeleton crystal. |  | source: webster1913 noun
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something reduced to its minimal form | | Example: the battalion was a mere skeleton of its former self
the bare skeleton of a novel
source: wordnet30
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a scandal that is kept secret | | Example: there must be a skeleton somewhere in that family's closet
source: wordnet30
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the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal | | source: wordnet30
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the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape | | Example: the building has a steel skeleton
source: wordnet30
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The bony and cartilaginous framework which supports the soft parts of a vertebrate animal. | | source: webster1913
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