skeletonize

[ skel-i-tn-ahyz ]
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verb (used with object),skel·e·ton·ized, skel·e·ton·iz·ing.
  1. to reduce to a skeleton, outline, or framework.

  2. to reduce in size or number, as a military unit.

  1. to construct in outline.

Origin of skeletonize

1
First recorded in 1635–45; skeleton + -ize
  • Also especially British, skel·e·ton·ise .

Other words from skeletonize

  • skel·e·ton·i·za·tion, noun
  • skel·e·ton·iz·er, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for skeletonize

skeletonize

skeletonise

/ (ˈskɛlɪtəˌnaɪz) /


verb(tr)
  1. to reduce to a minimum framework, number, or outline

  2. to create the essential framework of

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