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From Longman Dictionary

skel‧e‧ton /ˈskelətən/ ●○○ noun

 the structure consisting of all the bones in a human or animal body

a set of these bones or a model of them, fastened in their usual positions, used, for example, by medical students

the most important parts of something, to which more detail can be added later

an extremely thin person or animal

the main structure that supports a building, bridge etc

a sport in which you slide down a special ice track while lying on your front on a type of sledge

the vehicle you slide on in this sport

Example

The skulls and one complete skeleton in rotting clothes had leered out of magazines

He had watched it in early May, as the tiny breaking leaves spread a pinkish haze over the magnificent skeleton

Is essential for normal skeleton development in children and adolescents, and for maintaining high bone density in young adults

The office building’s steel skeleton rose above the skyline

 Unlike caffeine, these molecules have only two methyl groups attached to their xanthine skeleton