skeletal
/ˈskɛl.ɪ.təl/US/ˈskɛl.ə.təl/
skeletal noun: shorthand for skeletal diagram (a black-and-white drawing of a [usually extinct] animal’s skeleton to be used as a reference for paleoart).
Noun
skeletal (plural skeletals)
- Shorthand for skeletal diagram (a black-and-white drawing of a [usually extinct] animal’s skeleton to be used as a reference for paleoart)
Adjective
skeletal (comparative more skeletal, superlative most skeletal)
- of, or relating to the skeleton
- haggard, cadaverous, emaciated or gaunt
- barebones, lacking elaboration
- On the whole, Sidney Morris has given us sketchy characters that need more fine tuning than this production […] could give it. Only Holmberg seemed to dig deeply within himself to create a complete character from Morris' skeletal outline.1983 August 20, Penny Landau, “The Reality Around Us: Two Gay Plays”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 6, page 17
- Comprising only the base structure of a building, etc.
- After the bombing, only the skeletal remains of the city could be seen.
skeletal meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Nepali and Tagalog
skeletal in Tamil
- எலும்பு சார்ந்த, எலும்புக்கூட்டுக்குரிய, வன்கூட்டுக்குரிய, வன்கூட்டுக்குறி
skeletal in Malayalam
- very thin, emaciated, as thin as a rake
- അസ്ഥികൂടമായ, എല്ലുങ്കൂട് മാത്രമായ, എല്ലെരിച്ച, ക്ഷീണശരീര, മെലിഞ്ഞ ശരീരത്തോടുകൂടിയ, എല്ലെഴുന്നുനിൽക്കുന്ന
- incomplete, lacking in detail, outline
- അസ്ഥികൂടം മാത്രമായ, ചട്ടക്കൂടു മാത്രമുള്ള, വിശദാംശങ്ങളില്ലാത്ത, വിശദാംശങ്ങളുടെ അഭാവമുള്ള, അപൂർണ്ണം, തീരാത്ത
skeletal in Nepali
- स्केलेटल
skeletal in Tagalog
- of, or relating to the skeleton
- kalansayin, pangalansay
Examples of skeletal in a sentence
- Cartilaginous fish such as the angler fish have a skeletal structure made up of cartilage.
- While inspecting a concrete drainage ditch on the property, they spotted skeletal remains.
- Symmetrophiles calibrated to the milieu were skeletal sloops rigged with prettily cut jibs and tawdry spinnakers.
Forms of skeletal
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | skeletals |
| alternative form | sceletal |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more skeletal |
| superlative | most skeletal |
Origin of skeletal
From skeleton + -al.
Words formed from skeletal
- askeletal
- carboskeletal
- cardioskeletal
- chondroskeletal
- cranioskeletal
- cytoskeletal
- dentoskeletal
- dermoskeletal
- diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis
- Eiken skeletal dysplasia
- endoskeletal
- episkeletal
- exoskeletal
- extraskeletal
- faciocutaneoskeletal
- hydroskeletal
- hyposkeletal
- intraskeletal
- musculoskeletal
- myoskeletal
- neuromusculoskeletal
- neuroskeletal
- nonskeletal
- nucleoskeletal
- oculofacioskeletal
- oculoskeletal
- odontoskeletal
- osteoskeletal
- periskeletal
- preskeletal
- skeletal age
- skeletal animation
- skeletal eroding band
- skeletal fluorosis
- skeletal formula
- skeletalism
- skeletality
- skeletalization
- skeletalize
- skeletally
- skeletal muscle
- skeletal-muscle pump
- skeletal soil
- skeletal system
- visceroskeletal
Phrases with skeletal
Questions about skeletal
- What does skeletal mean?
- Skeletal means shorthand for skeletal diagram (a black-and-white drawing of a [usually extinct] animal’s skeleton to be used as a reference for paleoart).
- What is skeletal in Tamil?
- Skeletal in Tamil is எலும்பு சார்ந்த, எலும்புக்கூட்டுக்குரிய, வன்கூட்டுக்குரிய. See Skeletal meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is skeletal?
- Skeletal can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce skeletal?
- Skeletal is pronounced /ˈskɛl.ɪ.təl/ (UK).
- What is the plural of skeletal?
- The plural of skeletal is skeletals.
Words near skeletal in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: skeletal (page history and authors); skeletal (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); skeletal (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); skeletal (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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