Defenition of the word skeleton

• Defenition of the word skeleton

  • The structure that provides support to an organism, internal and made up of bones and cartilage in vertebrates, external in some other animals.
  • A frame that provides support to a building or other structure.
  • the hard structure that provides a frame for the body of an animal
  • the internal structure that gives an artifact its shape; "the building has a steel skeleton"
  • the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape; "the building has a steel skeleton"
  • the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal
  • a scandal that is kept secret; "there must be a skeleton somewhere in that family''s closet"
  • something reduced to its minimal form; "the battalion was a mere skeleton of its former self"; "the bare skeleton of a novel"
  • the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape
  • a scandal that is kept secret
  • something reduced to its minimal form

Synonyms for the word skeleton

• • frame
  • underframe

Meronymys for the word skeleton

• • aircraft
  • building
  • edifice
  • musculoskeletal system
  • ship
  • skeletal structure

Hyponyms for the word skeleton

• • chassis
  • endoskeleton
  • exoskeleton
  • hoop

Hypernyms for the word skeleton

• • anatomical structure
  • bodily structure
  • body structure
  • complex body part
  • lower limit
  • minimum
  • outrage
  • scandal
  • structure
  • supporting structure
  • system

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