skeleton noun - İngilizce Türkçe Sözlükten Çeviri

skeleton

/ˈskelɪt^ən/ noun

› [C] the structure made of all the bones in the body of a person or animal

iskelet

the skeleton of a dog

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a skeleton crew/staff/service

› the smallest number of people that you need to keep an organization working

çekirdek kadro; bir işyerinin bel kemiğini oluşturan personel

The Red Cross has withdrawn all but a skeleton staff from the country.

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have a skeleton in the cupboard UK ( US have a skeleton in the closet)

› to have an embarrassing or unpleasant secret about something that happened in the past

utanç veren bir sırrı olmak

Most people have a few skeletons in the cupboard.

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(Definition of skeleton noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

worried or nervous about something that is going to happen

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