English to English
adjective
- Consisting of, or resembling, a skeleton; consisting merely of the framework or outlines; having only certain leading features of anything; as, a skeleton sermon; a skeleton crystal.
source: Webster 1913
noun
- something reduced to its minimal form
The battalion was a mere skeleton of its former self.
The bare skeleton of a novel.
source: WordNet 3.0
- a scandal that is kept secret
There must be a skeleton somewhere in that family's closet.
source: WordNet 3.0
- the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal
source: WordNet 3.0
- the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape
The building has a steel skeleton.
source: WordNet 3.0
- The bony and cartilaginous framework which supports the soft parts of a vertebrate animal.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
noun
- [skélitœn] Kalansáy
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
