English-Swedish translations for skeleton

• skelett ett
  Man kan inte säga till ett skelett att dra åt svångremmen.You cannot ask a skeleton to tighten its belt.
  De transeuropeiska energinäten förstärker marknadens ryggrad och skelett.The European-wide energy networks will heal the market's spine and skeleton.
  Det är samma skelett som man nu håller på att omsluta med muskler.We are hanging flesh on the same skeleton.
• skeleton en

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