- Types Of Speech
- You can use skeleton as a noun in a sentence.
- About Skeleton
- A 3 syllables noun and 8 letters with the letters e, k, l, n, o, s, and t, 5 consonants, 3 vowels and 3 syllables with the middle letters le. Skeleton starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters s, sk, ske, skel, skele, and the ending characters are n, on, ton, eton, leton, ..
- Definition
- The internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape; "the building has a steel skeleton"
- Origin/Roots
- Ancient Greek
- School Grade
- Skeleton is set as a grade seven word that starts with s, ends with n, 3 syllables, 3 vowels and 8 letters.
- Pig Latin
- Skeleton in Pig Latin is said as "eletonskay or eletonskway".
- Unigram
- s | k | e | l | e | t | o | n
- Bigram
- sk | ke | el | le | et | to | on
- Trigram
- ske | kel | ele | let | eto | ton
- Quadrigram
- skel | kele | elet | leto | eton
- Word Gram
- Noun Examples
- the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape;
"the building has a steel skeleton" - the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal
- a scandal that is kept secret;
"there must be a skeleton somewhere in that family's closet" - something reduced to its minimal form;
"the battalion was a mere skeleton of its former self";
"the bare skeleton of a novel"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | shortening something by omitting parts of it |
| Abbreviature | |
| Abrege | |
| Abridgement | a shortened version of a written work |
| Abridgment | a shortened version of a written work |
| Abstract | a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance "he loved her only in the abstract--not in person" |
| Abstraction | a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples |
| Adumbrate | give to understand "I insinuated that I did not like his wife" |
| Aggrandizement | the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something "the aggrandizement of the king" "his elevation to cardinal" |
| Alleviation | the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance) "he asked the nurse for relief from the constant pain" |
View all cognitive synonyms for Skeleton
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Supporting Structure |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Chassis | the skeleton of a motor vehicle consisting of a steel frame supported on springs that holds the body and motor |
| Hoop | horizontal hoop with a net through which players try to throw the basketball |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Aircraft | a vehicle that can fly |
Skeleton Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With S
- Ends With N
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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