Definition of SKELETAL

skeletal

Meanings

Plural: skeletals

Adjective

  • of or relating to or forming or attached to a skeleton
    • "the skeletal system"
    • "skeletal bones"
    • "skeletal muscles"

Adjective Satellite

  • very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
    • "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"

Noun

  • Shorthand for skeletal diagram (a black-and-white drawing of a [usually extinct] animal’s skeleton to be used as a reference for paleoart)

Adj

  • of, or relating to the skeleton
  • haggard, cadaverous, emaciated or gaunt
  • barebones, lacking elaboration

Origin / Etymology

From skeleton + -al.

Scrabble Score: 12

skeletal is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
skeletal is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
skeletal is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

skeletal is a valid Words With Friends word