Skeleton

Quick meaning: Skeleton is a noun meaning An anthropomorphic representation of a skeleton.

Meaning

An anthropomorphic representation of a skeleton.

More Meanings

1. (figuratively) A very thin person.
2. (figuratively) The central core of something that gives shape to the entire structure.
3. (architecture) A frame that provides support to a building or other construction.
4. (computing, middleware) A client-helper procedure that communicates with a stub.
5. (geometry) The vertices and edges of a polyhedron, taken collectively.
6. (category theory) A full subcategory of another category, consisting of one object from each isomorphism class in the original.
7. (anatomy) The system that provides support to an organism, internal and made up of bones and cartilage in vertebrates, external in some other animals.

Example Sentences

She dressed up as a skeleton for Halloween.

She lost so much weight while she was ill that she became a skeleton.

In remote method invocation, the client helper is a ‘stub’ and the service helper is a ‘skeleton’.

The skeleton of the organisation is essentially the same as it was ten years ago, but many new faces have come and gone.

Word Forms

• skeletons
• skeleta
• skeletoning
• skeletoned

Synonyms for skeleton

Depending on context, synonyms include ottomy, skellington, backbone, frame, underframe.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include underframe, frame, bone, backbone, skull, skeletal.

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