- adj. very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold (view details)
- adj. of or relating to or forming or attached to a skeleton (view details)
Meaning 1: (adjective) very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
Usage Example(s): a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys, emaciated bony hands, eyes were haggard and cavernous, kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration, small pinched faces
Synonym(s): bony ( what does bony stand for? ), cadaverous ( what does cadaverous stand for? ), emaciated ( what does emaciated stand for? ), gaunt ( what does gaunt stand for? ), haggard ( what does haggard stand for? ), pinched ( what does pinched stand for? ), wasted ( what does wasted stand for? )
Similar(s): lean ( what does lean stand for? ), thin ( what does thin stand for? )
Meaning 2: (adjective) of or relating to or forming or attached to a skeleton
Usage Example(s): skeletal bones, skeletal muscles, the skeletal system
Pertaining to: frame ( what does frame stand for? ), skeletal system ( what does skeletal system stand for? ), skeleton ( what does skeleton stand for? ), systema skeletale ( what does systema skeletale stand for? )
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