"skeletons" in the noun sense
1. skeleton
something reduced to its minimal form
"the battalion was a mere skeleton of its former self"
"the bare skeleton of a novel"
2. skeleton, skeleton in the closet, skeleton in the cupboard
a scandal that is kept secret
"there must be a skeleton somewhere in that family's closet"
3. skeletal system, skeleton, frame, systema skeletale
the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal
4. skeleton, skeletal frame, frame, underframe
the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape
"the building has a steel skeleton"
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