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skeletal
adjective
very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
Quick reference
Word Facts
- Word length
- 8
- Starts with
- S
- Ends with
- L
- Contains
- KELETA
- Scrabble score
- 12
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
How it sounds
Pronunciation
ˈskɛlɪt(ə)l
Meaning
Definitions
adjective
very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
“a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys”
adjective
of or relating to or forming or attached to a skeleton
“the skeletal system”
In context
Example Sentences
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
the skeletal system
skeletal bones
skeletal muscles
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