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skeletal

/ˈskɛl.ə.təl/adjective3 syllables

Skeletal means: very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold.

Synonyms for skeletal8

adjective, as in very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold

cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, wasted, thin, lean

What does skeletal mean?2

adjective

1

very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold“a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys”

2

of or relating to or forming or attached to a skeleton“the skeletal system”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Skeletal in a sentence

  • Furthermore, the frog’s external appearance and skeletal shape add to its distinctiveness.Cangarejo
  • His abstemious habits gave him a skeletal appearance.shekitten
  • I finally understand the skeletal system.unknown
  • The skull is a skeletal structure.Amastan
  • Ziri was looking for skeletal remains.Amastan

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