skeleton

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

noun

1. something reduced to its minimal form
- the battalion was a mere skeleton of its former self
- the bare skeleton of a novel
• Hypernyms:
minimum, lower limit
2. a scandal that is kept secret
- there must be a skeleton somewhere in that family's closet
• Syn:
skeleton in the closet, skeleton in the cupboard
• Hypernyms:
scandal, outrage
3. the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal
• Syn:
skeletal system, frame, systema skeletale
• Derivationally related forms:
skeletal
• Hypernyms:
system
• Hyponyms:
endoskeleton, exoskeleton
• Part Holonyms:
musculoskeletal system
• Part Meronyms:
skeletal structure
4. the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape
- the building has a steel skeleton
• Syn:
skeletal frame, frame, underframe
• Hypernyms:
supporting structure
• Hyponyms:
chassis, hoop
• Part Holonyms:
building, edifice, ship, aircraft

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  skeletal frame, frame, underframe, skeletal system, systema skeletale, skeleton in the closet, skeleton in the cupboard