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skeleton

ske luh tuhn

  • n  something reduced to its minimal form
    the battalion was a mere skeleton of its former self
    the bare skeleton of a novel
  • n  a scandal that is kept secret
    there must be a skeleton somewhere in that family's closet
  • n  the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal
  • n  the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape
    the building has a steel skeleton

  • The venerable skeleton, which is about 40% complete, normally resides in a vault at the Ethiopian National Museum in Addis Ababa.
  • In process of assembly last week in Manhattan's American Museum of Natural History was the skeleton of a 74-ft.
  • The scientific team that examined the skeleton was led by forensic anthropologist Douglas Owsley of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History.
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  • Jeffrey Wilson in FOXNews
    I should really try to underscore how incredible it is to have partial skeleton of something this size,Wilson said in telephone interview. "With these kind of bones you can't study them by moving them around on the table; you have to move...
  • Marilyn Manson in BBC News
    The fact that he's claiming that I've treated him unfairly, financially, is really ridiculous,said Manson. "And I would never spend my money on a Chinese girl skeleton. That would be crossing the line."
  • Mike Scioscia in USA Today
    We're a deeper club right now and hopefully we're going to see it,Angels manager Mike Scioscia said Tuesday. "Last year against Boston we were a skeleton club and we didn't play well."

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