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(anatomy) 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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(figuratively) A very thin person.
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(figuratively) The central core of something that gives shape to the entire structure.
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(architecture) A frame that provides support to a building or other construction.
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(computing, middleware) A client-helper procedure that communicates with a stub.
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(geometry) The vertices and edges of a polyhedron, taken collectively.
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(printing) A very thin form of light-faced type.
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(especially attributive) A minimum or bare essentials.
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(botany) The network of veins in a leaf.
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(idiomatic) Clipping of skeleton in the closet (“a shameful secret”).