| NOUN | quantity | skeleton | something reduced to its minimal form |
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| event | skeleton, skeleton in the closet, skeleton in the cupboard | a scandal that is kept secret | |
| body | skeleton, skeletal system, frame, systema skeletale | the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal | |
| artifact | skeleton, skeletal frame, frame, underframe | the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape |
| Sounds | skeh'lahtahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | Something reduced to its minimal form. | |
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| Broader | minimum, lower limit | The smallest possible quantity |
| Meaning | A scandal that is kept secret. | |
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| Example | "there must be a skeleton somewhere in that family's closet" | |
| Synonyms | skeleton in the closet, skeleton in the cupboard | |
| Broader | scandal, outrage | A disgraceful event |
| Meaning | The hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal. | |
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| Synonyms | skeletal system, frame, systema skeletale | |
| Part of | musculoskeletal system | The system of muscles and tendons and ligaments and bones and joints and associated tissues that move the body and maintain its form |
| Parts | skeletal structure | Any structure created by the skeleton of an organism |
| Narrower | endoskeleton | The internal skeleton |
| exoskeleton | The exterior protective or supporting structure or shell of many animals (especially invertebrates) including bony or horny parts such as nails or scales or hoofs | |
| Broader | system | A group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts |
| Spanish | armazón, esqueleto, estructura, osamenta, sistema esquelético, systema skeletale | |
| Catalan | carcanada, carcassa, esquelet, estructura, systema skeletale | |
| Adjectives | musculoskeletal | relating to muscles and skeleton |
| skeletal | of or relating to or forming or attached to a skeleton | |
| Meaning | The internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape. | |
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| Example | "the building has a steel skeleton" | |
| Synonyms | skeletal frame, frame, underframe | |
| Part of | aircraft | A vehicle that can fly |
| building, edifice | A structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place | |
| ship | A vessel that carries passengers or freight | |
| Narrower | chassis | The skeleton of a motor vehicle consisting of a steel frame supported on springs that holds the body and motor |
| hoop | A light curved skeleton to spread out a skirt / skirt | |
| Broader | supporting structure | A structure that serves to support something |
| Spanish | armadura, armazón, esqueleto, estructura | |
| Catalan | estructura | |
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