SKELETON
Scrabble letter values: S1K5E1L1E1T1O1N1 = 12
Definition
- noun something reduced to its minimal form.
- noun a scandal that is kept secret. — synonyms: skeleton_in_the_closet, skeleton_in_the_cupboard
- noun the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal. — synonyms: skeletal_system, frame, systema_skeletale
- noun the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape. — synonyms: skeletal_frame, frame, underframe
Examples
- “the battalion was a mere skeleton of its former self”
- “the bare skeleton of a novel”
- “there must be a skeleton somewhere in that family's closet”