skeletons

Noun

• something reduced to its minimal form
• a scandal that is kept secret
• the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal
• the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape
• plural of skeleton
• Shameful secrets (pluralia tantum; shortened from skeletons in the cupboard or skeletons in the closet).

Verb

• third-person singular simple present indicative of skeleton

Synonyms

frame, skeletal frame, skeletal system, skeleton, skeleton in the closet, skeleton in the cupboard, systema skeletale, underframe