adj
Meaning 1
of, or relating to the skeleton
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
skeletal
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈskɛl.ɪ.təl/
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Received-Pronunciation: /skəˈliː.təl/
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Received-Pronunciation: [ˈskɛl.ɪ.tl̩]
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Received-Pronunciation: [skəˈliː.tl̩]
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General-American: /ˈskɛl.ə.təl/
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General-American: [ˈskɛl.ə.ɾəl]
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General-American: [ˈskɛl.ə.ɾl̩]
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Australian: /ˈskel.ə.təl/
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Australian: /skəˈliː.təl/
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Australian: [ˈskel.ə.ɾəl]
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Australian: [ˈskəˈliː.ɾəl]
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CMU ARPABET: S K EH1 L AH0 T AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
haggard, cadaverous, emaciated or gaunt
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
barebones, lacking elaboration
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
Shorthand for skeletal diagram (a black-and-white drawing of a [usually extinct] animal’s skeleton to be used as a reference for paleoart)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Topics: biology, history, human-sciences, natural-sciences, paleontology, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 5
of or relating to or forming or attached to a skeleton
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the skeletal system
- skeletal bones
- skeletal muscles
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- emaciated bony hands
- a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys
- eyes were haggard and cavernous
- small pinched faces
- kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, wasted
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From skeleton + -al.
Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Belarusian: шкіле́тны (škiljétny) — of, or relating to the skeleton
- Catalan: esquelètic — of, or relating to the skeleton
- Czech: kosterní — of, or relating to the skeleton
- Finnish: skeletaalinen — of, or relating to the skeleton
- Finnish: luuranko- — of, or relating to the skeleton
- French: squelettique — of, or relating to the skeleton
- German: skelettal — of, or relating to the skeleton
- German: Skelett- — of, or relating to the skeleton
- German: Knochen- — of, or relating to the skeleton
- German: skelett- — of, or relating to the skeleton
- Interlingua: skeletic — of, or relating to the skeleton
- Italian: scheletrico — of, or relating to the skeleton
- Māori: o te kōhiwi — of, or relating to the skeleton
- Portuguese: esquelético — of, or relating to the skeleton
- Romanian: scheletic — of, or relating to the skeleton
- Spanish: esquelético — of, or relating to the skeleton
- Tagalog: kalansayin — of, or relating to the skeleton
- Tagalog: pangalansay — of, or relating to the skeleton
- Volapük: bomemik — of, or relating to the skeleton
- Catalan: esquelètic — haggard
- Finnish: riutunut — haggard
- Finnish: luiseva — haggard
- French: squelettique — haggard
- Māori: puanga — haggard
- Romanian: scheletic — haggard
- Spanish: esquelético — haggard
- Finnish: ylimalkainen — barebones, lacking elaboration
Real reading context