The bony and cartilaginous framework which supports the
soft parts of a vertebrate animal.

The more or less firm or hardened framework of an
invertebrate animal.

A very thin or lean person.

The framework of anything; the principal parts that
support the rest, but without the appendages.

The heads and outline of a literary production,
especially of a sermon.

Consisting of, or resembling, a skeleton; consisting
merely of the framework or outlines; having only certain leading
features of anything; as, a skeleton sermon; a skeleton crystal.