All skeleton synonyms
skelΒ·eΒ·ton
S s noun skeleton
- framework β a skeletal structure designed to support or enclose something.
- fuselage β the complete central structure to which the wing, tail surfaces, and engines are attached on an airplane.
- morphology β the branch of biology dealing with the form and structure of organisms.
- latchkey β a key for releasing a latch or springlock, especially on an outer door.
- fossil β any remains, impression, or trace of a living thing of a former geologic age, as a skeleton, footprint, etc.
- apercus β a hasty glance; a glimpse.
- mort β a male given name, form of Mortimer or Morton.
- body β Your body is all your physical parts, including your head, arms, and legs.
- form β external appearance of a clearly defined area, as distinguished from color or material; configuration: a triangular form.
- nutshell β the shell of a nut.
- deceaseds β no longer living; dead.
- key β a small metal instrument specially cut to fit into a lock and move its bolt.
- bare bones β The bare bones of something are its most basic parts or details.
- bare-bones β Minimalist; lacking that which is not essential.
- carapace β A carapace is the protective shell on the back of some animals such as tortoises or crabs.
- ground plan β Also called groundplot. the plan of a floor of a building.
- neolith β a Neolithic stone implement.
- cadaver β A cadaver is a dead body.
- chassis β A chassis is the framework that a vehicle is built on.
- carcase β to erect the framework for (a building, ship, etc.).
- carcass β A carcass is the body of a dead animal.
- loved one β a close or cherished relation: to mourn the loss of our loved ones.
- eolith β A roughly chipped flint found in Tertiary strata, originally thought to be an early artifact but probably of natural origin.
- frame β a border or case for enclosing a picture, mirror, etc.
- opener β a person or thing that opens.
- cold meat β a form of meat that has been cooked and allowed to become cold
- hulk β the body of an old or dismantled ship.
- apercu β outline
- adumbration β to produce a faint image or resemblance of; to outline or sketch.
- hull β Cordell [kawr-del,, kawr-del] /ΛkΙr dΙl,, kΙrΛdΙl/ (Show IPA), 1871β1955, U.S. statesman: secretary of state 1933β44; Nobel Peace Prize 1945.
adj skeleton
- atrophied β exhibiting or affected with atrophy; wasted; withered; shriveled: an atrophied arm; an atrophied talent.
- anorectic β Also, anorectous. having no appetite.
- malnourished β poorly or improperly nourished; suffering from malnutrition: thin, malnourished victims of the famine.
- broomstick β A broomstick is an old-fashioned broom which has a bunch of small sticks at the end.
- beanstalk β the stem of a bean plant
- cadaverous β If you describe someone as cadaverous, you mean they are extremely thin and pale.
- gaunt β extremely thin and bony; haggard and drawn, as from great hunger, weariness, or torture; emaciated.
adjective skeleton
- emaciated β Abnormally thin or weak, especially because of illness or a lack of food.
- exsanguinous β Alternative form of exsanguious.
- attenuate β To attenuate something means to reduce it or weaken it.
- attenuated β An attenuated object is unusually long and thin.
verb skeleton
- chalking β a soft, white, powdery limestone consisting chiefly of fossil shells of foraminifers.
- draught β a drawing, sketch, or design.
- draft β a drawing, sketch, or design.
- map out β a representation, usually on a flat surface, as of the features of an area of the earth or a portion of the heavens, showing them in their respective forms, sizes, and relationships according to some convention of representation: a map of Canada.
- blueprinting β a process of photographic printing, used chiefly in copying architectural and mechanical drawings, which produces a white line on a blue background.
- diagramed β Simple past tense and past participle of diagram.
- diagramming β a figure, usually consisting of a line drawing, made to accompany and illustrate a geometrical theorem, mathematical demonstration, etc.
- chalk β Chalk is a type of soft white rock. You can use small pieces of it for writing or drawing with.
- outline β the line by which a figure or object is defined or bounded; contour.