skelet — meaning in English

English meaning

• frame noun A rigid structure that supports or surrounds something, such as a picture, window, or building.
• skeleton noun The framework of bones supporting a human or animal body.

Senses

skelet is used for these senses in English:

• frame A human body or the structure thereof; the size, shape, sturdiness etc. of a person's body as described in a certain way; one's build.
• skeleton (anatomy) The system that provides support to an organism, internal and made up of bones and cartilage in vertebrates, external in some other animals.
• skeleton (figuratively) A very thin person.
• skeleton (architecture) A frame that provides support to a building or other construction.

frame — full definition

1. noun A rigid structure that supports or surrounds something, such as a picture, window, or building.
2. verb To put a border or support structure around something.
3. verb To present or word something in a particular way to shape how it is understood.
4. verb To falsely make someone appear guilty of a crime they didn't commit.

skeleton — full definition

1. noun The framework of bones supporting a human or animal body.
2. noun The basic framework or outline of something, before it is filled in with detail.
3. noun A winter sport in which the athlete lies face-down on a small sled and speeds head-first down an icy track.

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