skeleton
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4.4
- noun
- /ˈskɛlɪtən/
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esqueleto
- The diagram provided shows the skeleton of the project, highlighting its key phases.
- a skeleton in the closet
It's it's basically the skeleton of the story.
- It's it's basically the skeleton of the story.
- I guess it, it is organic, but it starts with understanding that it's a skeleton and knowing what the major organs are.
- I would like to tell you a little bit about some of the, you might say sort of the skeleton of of these stories or how they fit into a genre.
- Just have that skeleton of the cat EO really set to go.
Examples
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OK, I'm going down my cut list and I think I have enough to assemble the skeleton of this chair.
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And then that becomes the skeleton for all of the goals.
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It's it's basically the skeleton of the story.
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We want the skeleton phase to look like this.
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But, and this may vary from person to person, but this, I would say this is the core skeleton of the team.
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But at least there is a skeleton of agreements in place.
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We have been operating on a skeleton crew ever since Katrina, and we're very backed up.
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Many rendering systems will accept CAD drawings as a sort of skeleton on which to build.
Academic text (1993) -
The old ferry dock was a spidery, gray skeleton of rotting timber.
Fiction book (2002) -
The volume loses its skeleton, its angles, its perceptible and measurable geometry: it becomes formless.
Academic text (2004)
Synonyms
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4.1
The most basic facts without extra details
Antonyms
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 Detailed
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word skeleton comes from an old Greek word skeletos meaning 'dried up', so people used it for the 'bare bones' or simplest frame of something. That's why a skeleton plan or team has only the most important, basic parts.