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skeleton

noun as in structure of bones in animate being or supports in an object

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She remains recumbent for an entire number, singing to a skeleton, before the bones around her reveal themselves as dancers in masks, convulsing to the humongous bassline synths of “Disease.”

From Salon

The skeleton key to understanding reactionary conservatism is quite simple: they are scared, all the time, of everything.

From Salon

A large part of the reason they could be identified as the king was some surviving descendants had been identified and their DNA could be compared to the skeleton.

From BBC

The site has a skeleton crew of less than half of what they previously had, according to workers and documents reviewed by ProPublica.

From Salon

Instead of a skeleton and scales, the blobfish has a soft body and flabby skin.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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