Skeleton

  • 31skeleton — n. 1 a a hard internal or external framework of bones, cartilage, shell, woody fibre, etc., supporting or containing the body of an animal or plant. b the dried bones of a human being or other animal fastened together in the same relative… …

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  • 32Skeleton — 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. El skeleton nació como tal a finales del siglo XIX en St. Moritz (Suiza) cuando un… …

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  • 33skeleton — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ dinosaur, fish, human, etc. ▪ external, internal ▪ complete, partial ▪ …

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  • 34skeleton — skel|e|ton [ skelıtn ] noun count * 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 basic parts of something such as a plan or organization… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 35skeleton — I. /ˈskɛlətn / (say skeluhtn) noun 1. the bones of a human or other animal body considered together, or assembled or fitted together as a framework; the bony or cartilaginous framework of a vertebrate animal. 2. Colloquial a very lean person or… …

  • 36Skeleton — Der Begriff Skeleton bezeichnet: einen Programmcode, siehe Skeleton (Programmierung) eine Wintersportart, siehe Skeleton (Sportart) Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterscheidung mehrerer mit demselben Wort bezeichneter B …

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  • 37skeleton — Synonyms and related words: abbreviation, abbreviature, abrege, abridgment, abstract, adumbrate, anatomy, appendicular skeleton, ashes, axial skeleton, backing, barebones, bean pole, beanstalk, bearing, block out, blueprint, body, bones, brief,… …

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  • 38skeleton — [16] A skeleton is etymologically a ‘dried up’ or ‘withered’ body. The word comes via modern Latin from Greek skeletón, short for sóma skeletón ‘dried up body’. The adjective skeletós was derived from skéllein ‘dry up, wither’, and was related to …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 39skeleton — noun 1》 an internal or external framework of bone, cartilage, or other rigid material supporting or containing the body of an animal or plant.     ↘a very thin or emaciated person or animal. 2》 a supporting framework, basic structure, or… …

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  • 40Skeleton — skeletonas statusas T sritis Kūno kultūra ir sportas apibrėžtis Nesudėtingos konstrukcijos žemos lenktyninės vienvietės rogutės be valdymo įtaiso, su neišsikišusiomis pavažomis leistis ledo trasa nuo kalno. Pirmasis skeletonas pagamintas 1884 m.… …

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