Meaning & Definition of Skeletal in English
English⟶
Skeletal
/skɛlətəl/
adjective
1. Of or relating to or forming or attached to a skeleton
- "The skeletal system"
- "Skeletal bones"
- "Skeletal muscles"
synonym:
- skeletal
2. Very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
- "Emaciated bony hands"
- "A nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"
- "Eyes were haggard and cavernous"
- "Small pinched faces"
- "Kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration"
synonym:
- bony,
- cadaverous,
- emaciated,
- gaunt,
- haggard,
- pinched,
- skeletal,
- wasted