skeleton
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
- dashed outline: no word in this language
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
something reduced to its minimal form
the battalion was a mere skeleton of its former self
Types & categories
- lower limit hypernym
Sense 2 noun
a scandal that is kept secret
there must be a skeleton somewhere in that family's closet
Types & categories
- scandal hypernym
Sense 3 noun
the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal
Types & categories
- system hypernym
- endoskeleton hyponym
- exoskeleton hyponym
Parts & wholes
- musculoskeletal system part holonym
- skeletal structure part meronym
Related & opposite
- skeletal derivation
Sense 4 noun
the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape
the building has a steel skeleton
Types & categories
- supporting structure hypernym
- chassis hyponym
- hoop hyponym
Parts & wholes
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | lower limit |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | scandal |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | skeletal |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | musculoskeletal system |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | skeletal structure |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | system |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | endoskeleton |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | exoskeleton |
| 4 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | aircraft |
| 4 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | building |
| 4 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | ship |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | supporting structure |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | chassis |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | hoop |