'skeleton'
[skeleton.n.01] as in: something reduced to its minimal form


Examples:
the battalion was a mere skeleton of its former self
the bare skeleton of a novel


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'skeleton'
[skeleton.n.02] as in: a scandal that is kept secret


Examples:
there must be a skeleton somewhere in that family's closet


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'skeleton'
[skeletal_system.n.01] as in: the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal



'skeleton'
[skeleton.n.04] as in: the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape


Examples:
the building has a steel skeleton


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skeleton (English)
└── σκελετός (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
└── σκελλώ (Ancient Greek (to 1453))


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