Skeleton - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈskelɪtn|  American pronunciation of the word skeleton
Brit.  |ˈskelɪt(ə)n|  British pronunciation of the word skeleton

noun

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

Extra examples

They found the fossil skeleton of a mastodon.

He hung a plastic skeleton on the door for Halloween.

She was a skeleton after her illness.

Only the charred skeleton of the house remained after the fire.

We saw a skeleton of the report before it was published.

We agreed on a skeleton outline of the proposal.

The disease had reduced Harry to a skeleton.

Minutes after the explosion, all that remained was the skeleton of the bridge.

...the museum's eclectic collection has everything from a giraffe skeleton to medieval musical instruments...

...humbugged into believing that the bones were the skeleton of a prehistoric human being...

The bus company is operating a skeleton service on Christmas Day.

Word forms

noun
singular: skeleton
plural: skeletons
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