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Meaning of skeleton

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  skeleton
      n 1: something reduced to its minimal form; "the battalion was a
           mere skeleton of its former self"; "the bare skeleton of a
           novel"
      2: a scandal that is kept secret; "there must be a skeleton
         somewhere in that family's closet" [syn: {skeleton},
         {skeleton in the closet}, {skeleton in the cupboard}]
      3: the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a
         frame for the body of an animal [syn: {skeletal system},
         {skeleton}, {frame}, {systema skeletale}]
      4: the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its
         shape; "the building has a steel skeleton" [syn: {skeleton},
         {skeletal frame}, {frame}, {underframe}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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