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The system that provides support to an organism, internal and made up of bones and cartilage in vertebrates, external in some other animals.

An anthropomorphic representation of a skeleton.

Example: She dressed up as a skeleton for Halloween.

A very thin person.

Example: She lost so much weight while she was ill that she became a skeleton.

The central core of something that gives shape to the entire structure.

Example: The skeleton of the organisation is essentially the same as it was ten years ago, but many new faces have come and gone.

To reduce to a skeleton; to skin; to skeletonize

To minimize

A type of tobogganing in which competitors lie face down, and descend head first.