Synonyms: skeletal frame, skeleton, underframe, frame
Definition: the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape
Usage: the building has a steel skeleton
Similar words: supporting structure
Definition: a structure that serves to support something
Synonyms: systema skeletale, skeletal system, skeleton, frame
Definition: the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal
Similar words: system
Definition: a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts
Usage: the body has a system of organs for digestion
Synonyms: skeleton, skeleton in the closet, skeleton in the cupboard
Definition: a scandal that is kept secret
Usage: there must be a skeleton somewhere in that family's closet
Synonyms: skeleton
Definition: something reduced to its minimal form
Usage: the battalion was a mere skeleton of its former self; the bare skeleton of a novel
Similar words: lower limit, minimum
Definition: the smallest possible quantity