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- [skel-i-tn-ahyz]
- /ˈskɛl ɪ tnˌaɪz/
- /ˈske.lɪ.tə.naɪz/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [skel-i-tn-ahyz]
- /ˈskɛl ɪ tnˌaɪz/
Definitions of skeletonize word
- verb with object skeletonize to reduce to a skeleton, outline, or framework. 1
- verb with object skeletonize to reduce in size or number, as a military unit. 1
- verb with object skeletonize to construct in outline. 1
- verb skeletonize to reduce to a minimum framework, number, or outline 0
- verb skeletonize to create the essential framework of 0
- verb transitive skeletonize to reduce to a skeleton or a bare framework 0
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Origin of skeletonize
First appearance:
before 1635 One of the 43% oldest English words
First recorded in 1635-45; skeleton + -ize
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Parts of speech for Skeletonize
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
skeletonize popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 40% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
skeletonize usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for skeletonize
verb skeletonize
- blueprinting — a process of photographic printing, used chiefly in copying architectural and mechanical drawings, which produces a white line on a blue background.
- chalk — Chalk is a type of soft white rock. You can use small pieces of it for writing or drawing with.
- chalking — a soft, white, powdery limestone consisting chiefly of fossil shells of foraminifers.
- diagramming — a figure, usually consisting of a line drawing, made to accompany and illustrate a geometrical theorem, mathematical demonstration, etc.
- map out — a representation, usually on a flat surface, as of the features of an area of the earth or a portion of the heavens, showing them in their respective forms, sizes, and relationships according to some convention of representation: a map of Canada.
Top questions with skeletonize
- how to skeletonize leaves?
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