Skeleton meaning : The system that provides support to an organism, internal and made up of bones and cartilage in vertebrates, external in some other animals. An anthropomorphic representation of a skeleton. A very thin person. The central core of something that gives shape to the entire structure. A frame that provides support to a building or other construction. A client-helper procedure that communicates with a stub. The vertices and edges of a polyhedron, taken collectively. A very thin form of light-faced type. (attributive) Reduced to a minimum or bare essentials. To reduce to a skeleton; to skin; to skeletonize To minimize