Grep of noun skeletal
skeletal muscle
skeletal structure
skeletal system
Overview of adj skeletal
The adj skeletal has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (13) skeletal -- (of or relating to or forming or attached to a skeleton; "the skeletal system"; "skeletal bones"; "skeletal muscles")
2. bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted -- (very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; "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")
Antonyms of adj skeletal
1 of 2 senses of skeletal
Sense 2
bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted
INDIRECT (VIA thin) -> fat
Similarity of adj skeletal
2 senses of skeletal
Sense 1
skeletal
Pertains to noun skeleton (Sense 1)
=>skeletal system, skeleton, frame, systema skeletale
=> system
Sense 2
bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted
=> thin (vs. fat), lean
Attributes of adj skeletal
Familiarity of adj skeletal
skeletal used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2)
Grep of adj skeletal
musculoskeletal
skeletal
Overview of adj skeletal
The adj skeletal has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (13) skeletal -- (of or relating to or forming or attached to a skeleton; "the skeletal system"; "skeletal bones"; "skeletal muscles")
2. bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted -- (very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; "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")
skeletal definition
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