Meaning & use
skeleton
The internal framework of bones that supports and protects the body of a vertebrate.
See it in a sentence
The museum displayed a full dinosaur skeleton in the main hall.
Doctors study the human skeleton to understand how joints move.
A note on using this word
Skeleton also describes a bare outline or minimal structure, as in 'skeleton crew' or 'skeleton plan.'
Words with a similar meaning
framebones
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Another way to use it
2. noun
A minimal or reduced version of something, retaining only its essential structure.
The company kept a skeleton staff running over the holiday weekend.
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