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kostra — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • chassis noun The supporting frame of a vehicle, onto which the body, engine, and wheels are mounted.
  • framework noun A basic supporting structure that gives shape to a building or object.
  • shell noun The hard outer covering of certain animals, such as snails, crabs, and turtles, or of eggs and nuts.
  • skeleton noun The framework of bones supporting a human or animal body.

Senses

kostra is used for these senses in English:

  • chassis A frame or housing containing electrical or mechanical equipment, such as on a computer.
  • framework (literally) The arrangement of support beams that represent a building's general shape and size.
  • shell (architecture) Any slight hollow structure; a framework, or exterior structure, regarded as not complete or filled in, as the shell of a house.
  • shell An emaciated person.
  • skeleton (figuratively) A very thin person.

chassis — full definition

  1. noun The supporting frame of a vehicle, onto which the body, engine, and wheels are mounted.
  2. noun A frame or casing that holds electrical or mechanical components.

framework — full definition

  1. noun A basic supporting structure that gives shape to a building or object.
  2. noun A set of basic ideas, rules, or guidelines used to plan or analyze something.

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