Skeleton

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1 English 1.1 Noun 1.1.1 Synonyms 1.1.2 Translations 1.2 Related terms 1.3 See also 2 French 2.1 Noun

English

Noun

skeleton (plural skeletons)

1. (anatomy) The system that provides support to an organism, internal and made up of bones in vertebrates, external in some other animals.
2. A frame that provides support to a building or other construction.
3. A very thin person.

   She lost so much weight while she was ill that she became a skeleton.

4. (From the sled used, which originally was a bare frame, like a skeleton.) A type of tobogganning in which competitors lie face down, and descend head first (compare luge).

Synonyms

• (type of tobogganing): skeleton toboganning

Translations

system that provides support to an organism

Catalan: esquelet Danish: skelet Dutch: skelet Finnish: luuranko French: squelette f

German: Skelett n Italian: scheletro m Slovak: kostra f Spanish: esqueleto m Swedish: skelett

frame that provides support to a building

very thin person

type of tobogganing

French: skeleton m

Related terms

• endoskeleton
• exoskeleton
• hydrostatic skeleton

See also

• bone
• luge
• Wikipedia article on skeletons in anatomy
• Wikipedia article on skeleton, the sport

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French

Noun

skeleton m

1. skeleton (tobogganing)