Meaning Of Skeleton

n.

The bony and cartilaginous framework which supports the soft parts of a vertebrate animal.

n.

The more or less firm or hardened framework of an invertebrate animal.

n.

A very thin or lean person.

n.

The framework of anything; the principal parts that support the rest, but without the appendages.

n.

The heads and outline of a literary production, especially of a sermon.

a.

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.