skeleton

Short definition from Wiktionary

Noun

1. 1
   The system that provides support to an organism, internal and made up of bones and cartilage in vertebrates, external in some other animals.
2. 2
   An anthropomorphic representation of a skeleton.
3. 3
   A very thin person.
4. 4
   The central core of something that gives shape to the entire structure.
5. 5
   A frame that provides support to a building or other construction.
6. 6
   A client-helper procedure that communicates with a stub.
7. 7
   The vertices and edges of a polyhedron, taken collectively.
8. 8
   A very thin form of light-faced type.
9. 9
   A minimum or bare essentials.
10. 10
    The network of veins in a leaf.
11. 11
    Clipping of skeleton in the closet (“a shameful secret”).
12. 12
    A type of tobogganing in which competitors lie face down, and descend head first.

Verb

1. 1
   To reduce to a skeleton; to skin; to skeletonize.
2. 2
   To minimize.