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skeletonize

skel·e·ton·ize
S s

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [skel-i-tn-ahyz]
    • /ˈskɛl ɪ tnˌaɪz/
    • /ˈske.lɪ.tə.naɪz/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [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

Historical Comparancy

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

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Synonyms 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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