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| skeleton | |
| 1. sost. (anatomia) scheletro | |
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| skeleton | |
| 1. subst. (anatomy) The system that provides support to an organism, internal and made up of bones and cartilage in vertebrates, external in some other animals. |  |
| 2. subst. An anthropomorphic representation of a skeleton. |  |
| She dressed up as a skeleton for Halloween. |  |
| 3. subst. (figuratively) A very thin person. |  |
| She lost so much weight while she was ill that she became a skeleton. |  |
| 4. subst. (figuratively) The central core of something that gives shape to the entire structure. |  |
| The skeleton of the organisation is essentially the same as it was ten years ago, but many new faces have come and gone. |  |
| 5. subst. (architecture) A frame that provides support to a building or other construction. |  |
| 6. subst. (computing) A client-helper procedure that communicates with a stub. |  |
| In remote method invocation, the client helper is a ‘stub’ and the service helper is a ‘skeleton’. |  |
| 7. subst. (geometry) The vertices and edges of a polyhedron, taken collectively. |  |
| 8. v. (archaic) to reduce to a skeleton; to skin; to skeletonize |  |
| 9. v. (archaic) to minimize |  |
| 10. subst. (sports) A type of tobogganing in which competitors lie face down, and descend head first (compare luge). |  |
| italiano > inglese | |
| scheletro | |
| 1. subst. (anatomy) skeleton |  |
| 2. subst. very thin person (a bag of bones) |  |
| 3. subst. framework (of a structure) |  |
| 4. subst. outline (of a project etc) |  |