English-German translations for skeleton

• Skeleton der
• Skelett das
  Von einem Skelett kann man nicht verlangen, den Gürtel enger zu schnallen. You cannot ask a skeleton to tighten its belt.
  Die transeuropäischen Netze im Energiebereich tragen zur Heilung des Rückgrats und des Skeletts der Märkte bei. The European-wide energy networks will heal the market's spine and skeleton.
  Herr Präsident! 'Die Staaten sind das Skelett Europas, die Regionen sein Fleisch und Blut.' Mr President, 'The states are the skeleton of Europe, and the regions its flesh and blood'.
• Gerippe das
• Haut und Knochen
• Rohbau der

Definition of skeleton

• The system that provides support to an organism, internal and made up of bones and cartilage in vertebrates, external in some other animals
• An anthropomorphic representation of a skeleton
• A very thin person
• The central core of something that gives shape to the entire structure
• A frame that provides support to a building or other construction
• The vertices and edges of a polyhedron, taken collectively
• Reduced to a minimum or bare essentials
• to reduce to a skeleton; to skin; to skeletonize
• A type of tobogganing in which competitors lie face down, and descend head first

Examples

• She dressed up as a skeleton for Halloween
• She lost so much weight while she was ill that she became a skeleton
• The skeleton of the organisation is essentially the same as it was ten years ago, but many new faces have come and gone
• In remote method invocation, the client helper is a ‘stub’ and the service helper is a ‘skeleton’

Related words

• skeleton in the closet
• skeleton in the cupboard