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📖 Определения и значения для слова skeleton

📒 the structure of bones that supports the body of a person or an animal; a model of this structure

  • The human skeleton consists of 206 bones.
  • a dinosaur skeleton
  • Researchers have found a partial skeleton of an undiscovered species.

📒 a very thin person or animal

  • The disease has reduced her to a skeleton.

📒 the main structure that supports a building, etc.

  • Only the concrete skeleton of the factory remained.

📒 the basic outline of a plan, piece of writing, etc. to which more details can be added later

  • Examples were used to flesh out the skeleton of the argument.

📒 the smallest number of people, etc. that you need to do something

  • There will only be a skeleton staff on duty over the holiday.
  • We managed to operate a skeleton bus service during the strike.

📒 a type of sledge (= a vehicle for sliding over ice) for racing, used by one person lying on their front with their feet pointing backwards

  • It’s just like the skeletons they use in the Olympics.
  • The skeleton slider broke his back in the race.

📒 the sport or event of racing down a special track of ice on a skeleton (6)

  • Canada won gold and silver in the skeleton.
  • Skeleton returned to the Winter Olympics in 2002.
  • skeleton events at the Winter Olympics

📒 something shocking, embarrassing, etc. that has happened to you or your family in the past that you want to keep secret

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