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skeleton
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sk?l?t?n/
Etymology 1
From New Latin sceleton, from Ancient Greek ???????? (skeletós, “dried up, withered, dried body, parched, mummy”), from ?????? (skéll?, “dry, dry up, make dry, parch”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelh?- (“to parch, wither”); compare Ancient Greek ??????? (skl?rós, “hard”).
Alternative forms
- sceleton (obsolete)
Noun
skeleton (plural skeletons or skeleta)
- (anatomy) The system that provides support to an organism, internal and made up of bones and cartilage in vertebrates, external in some other animals.
- An anthropomorphic representation of a skeleton.
- (figuratively) A very thin person.
- (figuratively) The central core of something that gives shape to the entire structure.
- (architecture) A frame that provides support to a building or other construction.
- (computing) A client-helper procedure that communicates with a stub.
- (geometry) The vertices and edges of a polyhedron, taken collectively.
- (printing) A very thin form of light-faced type.
- (attributive) Reduced to a minimum or bare essentials.
Synonyms
- (anatomy): ottomy (obsolete), skellington (nonstandard)
- (very thin person): see also Thesaurus:thin person
- (central core giving shape to something): backbone
Antonyms
- (computing): stub
Derived terms
- skeletal
- skeletally
- skelly
Related terms
Translations
Verb
skeleton (third-person singular simple present skeletons, present participle skeletoning, simple past and past participle skeletoned)
- (archaic) to reduce to a skeleton; to skin; to skeletonize
- (archaic) to minimize
See also
- bone
Etymology 2
The etymology of the term is disputed between two versions.
- From the sled used, which originally was a bare frame, like a skeleton.
- From Norwegian kjaelke (a type of ice sled) through a bad anglicization as "skele".
Noun
skeleton (uncountable)
- (sports, uncountable) A type of tobogganing in which competitors lie face down, and descend head first.
- Synonym: skeleton tobogganing
- Coordinate terms: luge, bobsled
Translations
References
Further reading
- skeleton on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- skeleton (sport) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- skeleton (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Esperanto
Noun
skeleton
- accusative singular of skeleto
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ske.le.t??/
Noun
skeleton m (uncountable)
- skeleton (winter sport)
Derived terms
- skeletoneur
Portuguese
Noun
skeleton m (uncountable)
- skeleton (type of tobogganing)
Related terms
- esqueleto
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ossean
English
Noun
ossean (plural osseans)
- (zoology) A fish with a bony skeleton.
Related terms
- osseous
- teleost
Anagrams
- Easons, naoses, season
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