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Skeleton

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framenoun(transitive) To fit, as for a specific end or purpose; make suitable or comfortable; adapt; adjust.
underframenounThe supporting structure of a piece of furniture, a vehicle, etc.

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underframenounThe supporting structure of a piece of furniture, a vehicle, etc.
framenounThe structural elements of a building or other constructed object.
bonenoun(uncountable) A composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates.
backbonenoun(countable) The series of vertebrae, separated by disks, that encloses and protects the spinal cord, and runs down the middle of the back in vertebrate animals.
skullnoun(anatomy) The main bones of the head considered as a unit; including the cranium, facial bones, and mandible.
skeletalnoun(paleontology, informal) Shorthand for skeletal diagram (a black-and-white drawing of a [usually extinct] animal’s skeleton to be used as a reference for paleoart)
carcassnounThe body of a dead animal, especially a vertebrate or other animal having flesh.
carcasenounAlternative form of carcass. [The body of a dead animal, especially a vertebrate or other animal having flesh.]
cadavernoun(literary, medicine) A dead body; especially the corpse of a human to be dissected.
corpsenounA dead body, especially that of a human as opposed to an animal.
silicanounSilicon dioxide.
bodynounPhysical frame.
frameworknoun(software engineering) A reusable piece of code (and, sometimes, other utilities) providing a standard environment within which an application can be implemented.
minimumnounThe smallest amount.
structurenounA cohesive whole built up of distinct parts.
diagrammaticIn the form of a diagram.
schematicnounA simplified line drawing used by scientists, engineers, technologists and others to illustrate a system at an abstract level. Schematic drawings often use standard symbols for clarity.
skeletal framenounthe internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape
skeletal systemnounthe hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal
bonesnoun(plural only) The framework or foundation of something.

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