American English pronunciation
How to pronounce skeletons
IPA transcription: [s'kɛlətənz]
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Noun
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something reduced to its minimal form
“the battalion was a mere skeleton of its former self”
“the bare skeleton of a novel”
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a scandal that is kept secret
“there must be a skeleton somewhere in that family's closet”
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the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal
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the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape
“the building has a steel skeleton”
Usage examples
- Common themes include birds, floral designs, and skeletons.
- Excavations of Merimde burials have yielded a number of skeletons, chiefly those of females.
- During the excavations, skeletons were found holding objects of gold in their hands.
- In the mid-ocean, the exoskeletons of dead organisms are primarily responsible for sediment accumulation.
- On the skeletons of Puffinus nativitatus and Pagodroma nivea.
- For an hour the police kept the peace, then the Skeletons rioted.
- The other skeletons have been assigned as paratypes.
- Seven skeletons and a number of earthenware vessels were found in a barrow.
- Megalograptids were characterized by large exoskeletons with ovate to triangular scales.
- The layered skeletons look similar to reef corals.