Meaning of skeletal in English

Table of contents
  1. Pronunciation
  2. Classifying Adjective
    1. Definitions
  3. Qualitative Adjective
    1. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

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  1. Classifying Adjective

    skeletal

    Definitions

    1. very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold

    Examples

    • « emaciated bony hands »
    • « a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys »
    • « eyes were haggard and cavernous »
    • « small pinched faces »
    • « kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration »

    Synonyms

  2. Qualitative Adjective

    skeletal

    Definitions

    1. of or relating to or forming or attached to a skeleton

    Examples

    • « the skeletal system »
    • « skeletal bones »
    • « skeletal muscles »

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