skeleton
/ˈskelɪtən/ nounDefinition
› [C] the structure made of all the bones in the body of a person or animal: the skeleton of a dog
a skeleton crew/staff/service › the smallest number of people that you need to keep an organization working: The Red Cross has withdrawn all but a skeleton staff from the country.
(Definition of skeleton noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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