skeletons

/S K EH1 L AH0 T AH0 N Z/
noun
  1. 1

    The system that provides support to an organism, internal and made up of bones and cartilage in vertebrates, external in some other animals.

  2. 2

    An anthropomorphic representation of a skeleton.

    โ€œShe dressed up as a skeleton for Halloween.โ€

  3. 3

    A very thin person.

    โ€œShe lost so much weight while she was ill that she became a skeleton.โ€

  4. 4

    The central core of something that gives shape to the entire structure.

    โ€œThe skeleton of the organisation is essentially the same as it was ten years ago, but many new faces have come and gone.โ€

  5. 5

    A frame that provides support to a building or other construction.

  6. 6

    A client-helper procedure that communicates with a stub.

    โ€œIn remote method invocation, the client helper is a โ€˜stubโ€™ and the service helper is a โ€˜skeletonโ€™.โ€

  7. 7

    The vertices and edges of a polyhedron, taken collectively.

  8. 8

    A very thin form of light-faced type.

  9. 9

    (attributive) Reduced to a minimum or bare essentials.

verb
  1. 1

    To reduce to a skeleton; to skin; to skeletonize

  2. 2

    To minimize

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