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The system that provides support to an organism, internal and made up of bones and cartilage in vertebrates, external in some other animals.
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An anthropomorphic representation of a skeleton.
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She dressed up as a skeleton for Halloween.
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A very thin person.
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She lost so much weight while she was ill that she became a skeleton.
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The central core of something that gives shape to the entire structure.
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The skeleton of the organisation is essentially the same as it was ten years ago, but many new faces have come and gone.
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A frame that provides support to a building or other construction.
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A client-helper procedure that communicates with a stub.
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In remote method invocation, the client helper is a ‘stub’ and the service helper is a ‘skeleton’.
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The vertices and edges of a polyhedron, taken collectively.
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A very thin form of light-faced type.
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(attributive) Reduced to a minimum or bare essentials.