skeleton

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

At the foot of a pretty big pine, and involved in a green creeper, which had even partly lifted some of the smaller bones, a human skeleton lay, with a few shreds of clothing, on the ground.

An anthropomorphic representation of a skeleton.

She dressed up as a skeleton for Halloween.

A Day or two after they parted, [Francis] Spriggs was choſe Captain by the reſt, and a black Enſign was made, which they called Jolly Roger, with the ſame Device that Captain [Edward] Low carried, viz. a white Skeliton in the Middle of it, with a Dart in one Hand ſtriking a bleeding Heart, and in the other, an Hour Glaſs; when this was finiſhed and hoiſted, they fired all their Guns to ſalute their Captain and themſelves, and then looked out for Prey.

A very thin person.

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.

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

A frame that provides support to a building or other construction.

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.

Lugers, who slide feet first and reach the highest speeds, experience some of the same forces, but seem to suffer far fewer concussion-like symptoms than bobsled and skeleton athletes do, probably because a support strap often prevents their heads from banging into the ice.

The form of toboggan used in this sport.