skeleton
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- noun
- /ˈskɛlɪtən/
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esqueleto
- Looking down, we see the disarticulated skeleton of Mary Celestia 57 feet below.
- human skeleton
- find a skeleton
- a complete skeleton
Oh, we found giant skeletons when they excavated this mound.
- Oh, we found giant skeletons when they excavated this mound.
- And but we're just people, and we have skeletons and stuff, and we poop.
- And only one bone of this incomplete skeleton shows the damage.
- There was there was a, there were remains that were uncovered skeletons by the Soviets.
- We've got here a calf and we've got here a foot and a foot skeleton, I believe.
- And I'm like, wow, how did you fake this animal skeleton?
- The second thing was a flock of skeletons, flaming birds.
- So I feel the vibration in my skeleton and.
- Oh my God, she brought the skeleton to life.
Examples
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I love it when I see the little metal supports for bird skeletons and stuff like that.
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And only one bone of this incomplete skeleton shows the damage.
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So have you ever seen a skeleton like that before?
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Nothing was left but the skeleton.
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Anyone trapped here would be a skeleton by now.
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A hunter found three skeletons lying perfectly side by side, face down.
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The largest, almost complete Diplodocus skeleton found so far is about ninety feet long.
Academic text (1991) -
The small, bony mouth of the skeleton child eased open in a long, slow, silent cry.
Fiction book (1992) -
Running his hands over a skeleton's tiny ridges and lines is like reading a biography.
Academic text (2008) -
The museum has an impressive display of a dinosaur's skeleton that attracts many visitors.
Synonyms
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A set of bones that supports and gives shape to a person or animal
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A group of bones and soft parts that support and protect the body
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An internal frame of bone or cartilage that supports the body
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
Bones of the arms, legs, and the shoulder and hip parts that attach them to the body
- Specialized
Bones that form the head, spine, and chest and protect the brain and organs inside the chest
- Specialized
Preserved bones of a reptile, often a dinosaur, that form a skeleton
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A fern with thin yellow branches and tiny leaves that grows on trees or the ground in warm forests
How Complete
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word skeleton comes from an old Greek word skeletos meaning 'dried up', because bones are what remain when the body dries. That's why skeleton means the strong frame of bones that supports and gives shape to the body.