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

skeleton bob or skeleton bobsleigh noun

A small flat sledge with no steering mechanism on which one person races head-first down an ice-covered course

skeleton key noun

A key with its serrated edge or the shaped part of its bit filed down, so that it can open many locks

skeleton shrimp noun

A ghostly-looking amphipod (genus Caprella)

skeleton suit noun (historical)

An early-19c boy's suit with the trousers buttoning over the coat

a skeleton in the cupboard or (US) closet

A hidden domestic sorrow or shame

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