Lexic.us

Definition of Skeleton

1. Noun. Something reduced to its minimal form. "The bare skeleton of a novel"

2. Noun. A scandal that is kept secret. "There must be a skeleton somewhere in that family's closet"

3. Noun. The hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal.

4. Noun. The internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape. "The building has a steel skeleton"

Definition of Skeleton

1. n. The bony and cartilaginous framework which supports the soft parts of a vertebrate animal.

2. a. 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.

Definition of Skeleton

1. Noun. (anatomy) The system that provides support to an organism, internal and made up of bones and cartilage in vertebrates, external in some other animals. ¹

2. Noun. A frame that provides support to a building or other construction. ¹

3. Noun. (figuratively) A very thin person. ¹

4. Noun. (From the sled used, which originally was a bare frame, like a skeleton.) A type of tobogganing in which competitors lie face down, and descend head first (compare luge). See Wikipedia:Skeleton (sport) ¹

5. Noun. (geometry) The vertices and edges of a polyhedron, taken collectively. ¹

6. Noun. An anthropomorphic representation of a skeleton. See Wikipedia:Skeleton (undead) ¹

7. Noun. (figuratively) The central core of something that gives shape to the entire structure. ¹

8. Verb. (archaic) to reduce to a skeleton; to skin; to skeletonize ¹

9. Verb. (archaic) to minimize ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Skeleton

1. the supporting or protective framework of a human or animal body [n -S] : SKELETAL [adj]

Medical Definition of Skeleton

1. A solid or fluid system which allows muscles to relax after contracting (in general, because there is an opposing muscle which pulls the skeletal part in the opposite direction when it contracts). The skeletal system may also be a support structure or a form of protection. Types of skeletons include hydroskeletons and exoskeletons. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Skeleton

skeletal structure skeletal survey skeletal system skeletal traction skeletalism skeletalization skeletalize skeletalized skeletalizes skeletalizing

skeletally skeletogenesis skeletogenous skeletology skeletomusculature skeleton (current term) skeleton appendiculare skeleton axiale skeleton crew skeleton fork fern

skeleton hand skeleton in the closet skeleton in the cupboard skeleton key skeleton keys skeleton of free inferior limb skeleton of free superior limb skeleton of heart skeleton shrimp skeleton staff

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