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How to pronounce “skeleton”

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Pronunciation guide for skeleton

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of skeleton with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: What Defines a Champion?in the skeleton event.
Definition summary: (anatomy) The system that provides support to an organism, internal and made up of bones and cartilage in vertebrates, external in some other animals.

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How to pronounce skeleton

What Defines a Champion?

in the skeleton event.

Example Sentences

A Deep Dive Into “skeleton”

Meaning

[Noun]
(anatomy) 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.
(figuratively) A very thin person.
(figuratively) The central core of something that gives shape to the entire structure.
(architecture) A frame that provides support to a building or other construction.
(computing, middleware) A client-helper procedure that communicates with a stub.
(geometry) The vertices and edges of a polyhedron, taken collectively.
(printing) A very thin form of light-faced type.
(especially attributive) A minimum or bare essentials.
(botany) The network of veins in a leaf.
(idiomatic) Clipping of skeleton in the closet (“a shameful secret”).
[Verb]
(archaic) To reduce to a skeleton; to skin; to skeletonize.
(archaic) To minimize.

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