skeleton /skelˈi-t(ə)n/

1. The internal or external framework of bones of a person or an animal
2. The veins of a leaf
3. A framework or outline of anything
4. A scheme reduced to its essential or indispensable elements
5. A workforce, etc reduced to its lowest strength
6. An emaciated person or animal (informal)

1. Of or like a skeleton
2. (of a workforce, etc) reduced to its lowest strength

skelˈetal adjective

skelˈetally adverb

skeletogenous /-tojˈ/ adjective

Skeleton-forming

skelˈetonize or skelˈetonise transitive verb

1. To reduce to a skeleton or minimum framework
2. To create the basic framework for

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