DICTOMETER

SKELETON

(skeleton, armadura, esqueleto, skjelett)

1. Synonyms:
   • Skeleton
   Definitions:
   • something reduced to its minimal form
   Examples:
   • The battalion was a mere skeleton of its former self
   • The bare skeleton of a novel
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Skeleton
   • Skeleton in the closet
   • Skeleton in the cupboard
   Definitions:
   • a scandal that is kept secret
   Examples:
   • There must be a skeleton somewhere in that family's closet
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Skeletal system
   • Skeleton
   • Frame
   • Systema skeletale
   Definitions:
   • the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Skeleton
   • Skeletal frame
   • Frame
   • Underframe
   Definitions:
   • the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape
   Examples:
   • The building has a steel skeleton