skeletonize
[ skel-i-tn-ahyz ]
verb (used with object),skel·e·ton·ized, skel·e·ton·iz·ing.
to reduce to a skeleton, outline, or framework.
to reduce in size or number, as a military unit.
to construct in outline.
Origin of skeletonize
1- 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)
to reduce to a minimum framework, number, or outline
to create the essential framework of
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