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 wordskeletal 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