Appearance
Use device theme  
Dark theme
Light theme

What is the noun for skeleton?

What's the noun for skeleton? Here's the word you're looking for.

skeleton
  1. (anatomy) The system that provides support to an organism, internal and made up of bones and cartilage in vertebrates, external in some other animals.
  2. (architecture) A frame that provides support to a building or other construction.
  3. (figuratively) A very thin person.
  4. A type of tobogganing in which competitors lie face down, and descend head first (compare luge). See Wikipedia:Skeleton (sport)
  5. (computing) A client-helper procedure that communicates with a stub.
  6. (geometry) The vertices and edges of a polyhedron, taken collectively.
  7. An anthropomorphic representation of a skeleton. See Wikipedia:Skeleton (undead)
  8. (figuratively) The central core of something that gives shape to the entire structure.
  9. Synonyms:
  10. Examples:
    1. “In the museum, there is the skeleton of a man, the height of which is eight feet two inches.”
      “Being already a thin child, when she lost weight, she became like a skeleton and as pale as the pure driven snow.”
      “The studio was made with a skeleton of built-up wood frames within a skin of galvanized metal.”
skeletochronology
  1. The estimation of the age of skeletal remains by observation of growth rings in bones
skeletonizer
  1. (zoology) Any moth whose larva eats the parenchyma of leaves, leaving the skeleton behind.
  2. Examples:
    1. “On grapes, GWSS treatments also control the variegated leafhopper and western grapeleaf skeletonizer.”
skeletalism
  1. (rare) The process of making something skeletal, or reducing it to the barest form.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “We can say, broadly, that minimalism in House and Techno tends to take one of two paths: either skeletalism or massification.”
skeletalization
  1. The process of making something skeletal, or reducing it to the barest form.
  2. Synonyms:
skeletology
  1. The branch of anatomy that deals with the skeleton.
skeletomusculature
  1. (biology) The physical structure of skeleton and muscles.
skeletonisation
  1. Alternative spelling of skeletonization
skeletoneer
  1. Someone who competes in the skeleton event.
skeletonization
  1. The act or process of skeletonizing.
skeletoniser
  1. Alternative form of skeletonizer
skeletoness
  1. (nonce word) A female skeleton.
skeletogenesis
  1. (biology) The process of skeleton formation
  2. Synonyms:
skelet
  1. (obsolete) A skeleton.
skellington
  1. (childish) A skeleton.
skeletons
  1. plural of skeleton
  2. Shameful secrets (pluralia tantum; shortened from skeletons in the cupboard or skeletons in the closet).
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “Do you think it is appropriate to keep skeletons for future scientific work?”
      “She is quite unique as an A-list celebrity without too many skeletons in her closet.”
      “The skeletons of outsized Victorian sofas and armchairs lies dotted around the parquet floors, their chintz entirely eaten away by white ants.”
skeletonisations
  1. plural of skeletonisation
skeletonizations
  1. plural of skeletonization
skeletonisers
  1. plural of skeletoniser
skeletonizers
  1. plural of skeletonizer
skeletoneers
  1. plural of skeletoneer
skellingtons
  1. plural of skellington
skeleta
skelets
  1. plural of skelet
Find more words!
Use * for blank tiles (max 2) Advanced Search Advanced Search
Use * for blank spaces Advanced Search
Advanced Word Finder

See Also

Nearby Words
8-letter Words Starting With
Find Nouns
go
Word Tools Finders & Helpers Apps More Synonyms
Copyright WordHippo © 2024