Definitions for skeleton
Overview of noun skeleton
The noun skeleton has 4 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. skeleton
(something reduced to its minimal form; "the battalion was a mere skeleton of its former self"; "the bare skeleton of a novel")
2. skeleton, skeleton in the closet, skeleton in the cupboard
(a scandal that is kept secret; "there must be a skeleton somewhere in that family's closet")
3. skeletal system, skeleton, frame, systema skeletale
(the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal)
4. skeleton, skeletal frame, frame, underframe
(the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape; "the building has a steel skeleton")
