Skeleton
21skeleton — 1. noun a) The system that provides support to an organism, internal and made up of bones and cartilage in vertebrates, external in some other animals. At the foot of a pretty big pine, and involved in a green creeper, which had even partly… …
22skeleton — skel|e|ton [ˈskelıtən] n ↑backbone, ↑breastbone, ↑collarbone, ↑kneecap, ↑pelvis, ↑skull, ↑spine, ↑rib ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(bones)¦ 2¦(basic parts)¦ 3¦(thin person)¦ …
23skeleton — [[t]ske̱lɪt(ə)n[/t]] skeletons 1) N COUNT Your skeleton is the framework of bones in your body. ...a human skeleton. 2) ADJ: ADJ n A skeleton staff is the smallest number of staff necessary in order to run an organization or service. Only a… …
24skeleton */ — UK [ˈskelɪt(ə)n] / US noun [countable] Word forms skeleton : singular skeleton plural skeletons 1) the set of bones that supports a human or animal body, or a model of this a dinosaur skeleton He dug up some bones from a human skeleton. 2) the… …
25Skeleton — El skeleton es un deporte olímpico de invierno que junto al bobsleigh y el luge representan distintas modalidades de descenso en trineo. El skeleton es la más antigua de las tres. Nació como tal a finales del siglo XIX en St. Moritz, Suiza cuando …
26Skeleton — Skẹ|le|ton 〈[ skɛ̣lətn] m. 6〉 niedriger Sportschlitten [engl.] * * * Ske|le|ton [ skɛlətn̩, …letɔn], der; s, s [engl. skeleton, eigtl. = Gerippe, Gestell < griech. skeletón, ↑ 1Skelett] (Sport): niedriger Rennschlitten, den der Fahrer auf dem …
27Skeleton — The skeleton is composed of bones and is the framework of the body. * * * 1. The bony framework of the body in vertebrates (endoskeleton) or the hard outer envelope of insects (exoskeleton or dermoskeleton). 2. All the dry parts remaining after… …
28skeleton — noun (C) 1 a) BONES the structure consisting of all the bones in a human or animal body: the human skeleton b) a set of these bones or a model of them, fixed in their usual positions, used for example by medical students 2 MAIN PART the most… …
29skeleton — 1. noun 1) the human skeleton Syn: bones 2) she was no more than a skeleton Syn: skin and bone; informal bag of bones 3) a concrete skeleton Syn: framework, frame, shell …
30skeleton — skel•e•ton [[t]ˈskɛl ɪ tn[/t]] n. 1) anat. zool. the bones of a vertebrate considered as a whole, together forming the internal framework of the body 2) anat. zool. any of various structures forming a rigid framework in certain invertebrates 3)… …
