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skeletons
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | structure of bones in animate being or supports in an object |
| Synonyms: | bones, bony structure, cage, design, draft, frame, framework, osteology, outline, scaffolding, sketch, support |
| Antonyms: | carcass |
| Main Entry: | cadaver |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dead body |
| Synonyms: | body, cage, carcass, corpse, deceased, mort, remains, skeleton, stiff* |
| Antonyms: | being |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | carcass/carcase |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dead body; framework, base structure |
| Synonyms: | body, cadaver, corpse, framework, hulk, mort, remains, shell, skeleton, stiff* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | draft |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | formulate |
| Synonyms: | adumbrate, block out, characterize, compose, concoct, contrive, delineate, design, devise, draw, draw up, fabricate, fashion, forge, form, frame, invent, make, manufacture, outline, plan, prepare, project, rough, shape, skeleton, sketch |
| Notes: | wind moves horizontally, while a draft moves vertically |
| Main Entry: | form |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shape; arrangement |
| Synonyms: | anatomy, appearance, articulation, cast, configuration, conformation, construction, contour, cut, design, die, embodiment, fashion, figure, formation, framework, mode, model, mold, outline, pattern, plan, profile, scheme, silhouette, skeleton, structure, style, system |
| Antonyms: | shapelessness |
| Main Entry: | fossil |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | organic remains of a previous time |
| Synonyms: | deposit, eolith, impression, neolith, paleolith, petrifaction, reconstruction, relic, skeleton, specimen, trace |
| Main Entry: | framework |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | foundation, core |
| Synonyms: | bare bones, cage, fabric, frame, frame of reference, groundwork, plan, schema, scheme, shell, skeleton, structure |
| Main Entry: | hulk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | large piece, lump; remains |
| Synonyms: | blob, body, bulk, chunk, clod, clump, frame, hull, hunk, mass, ruins, shambles, shell, shipwreck, skeleton, wreck |
| Antonyms: | bit |
| Main Entry: | key |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | item that unlocks |
| Synonyms: | latchkey, opener, passkey, screw*, skeleton |
| Antonyms: | lock |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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