Skeleton

Definition:

  • (n.) The bony and cartilaginous framework which supports the soft parts of a vertebrate animal.
  • (n.) The more or less firm or hardened framework of an invertebrate animal.
  • (n.) A very thin or lean person.
  • (n.) The framework of anything; the principal parts that support the rest, but without the appendages.
  • (n.) The heads and outline of a literary production, especially of a sermon.
  • (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.

Compare skeleton with other words:

emaciated vs. skeleton

cockroach vs. skeleton

skeleton vs. skeletonizer

ossean vs. skeleton

disarticulator vs. skeleton

skeleton vs. unflesh

neuroskeleton vs. skeleton

skeleton vs. visceroskeletal

keratose vs. skeleton

skeleton vs. skeletonized

endoskeletal vs. skeleton

carcass vs. skeleton

draft vs. skeleton

coralline vs. skeleton

mineralization vs. skeleton

flatworm vs. skeleton

celestite vs. skeleton

radiolarian vs. skeleton

skelet vs. skeleton

skeleton vs. string

atomy vs. skeleton

gladius vs. skeleton

skeleton vs. teleost

death vs. skeleton

ossicle vs. skeleton

skeleton vs. sponge

skeleton vs. skeletonize

exoskeleton vs. skeleton

endoskeleton vs. skeleton

skeletal vs. skeleton

backbone vs. skeleton

ottomy vs. skeleton

anthropomorphic vs. skeleton

polyhedron vs. skeleton

edge vs. skeleton

descend vs. skeleton

skeleton vs. tobogganing

building vs. skeleton

frame vs. skeleton

cartilage vs. skeleton

skeleton vs. vertebrate

organism vs. skeleton

skeleton vs. system

skeleton vs. stub

anatomy vs. skeleton

shark vs. skeleton

cadre vs. skeleton

coral vs. skeleton

bone vs. skeleton