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Meaning of barebones

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

barebones

adjective

Definitions

  1. Minimalist; lacking that which is not essential.

    Example: Meals on early space flights were bare-bones affairs; able to supply nutrition, but severely lacking in palatability.

  2. Describes a computer sold pre-assembled, but without certain essential components, often a processor, memory, and hard drive.

noun

Definitions

  1. A very lean person, especially one whose bones show through the skin