The act or process of skeletonizing.

plural of skeletonization

simple past tense and past participle of skeletonize

To reduce to a skeleton.

Reduced to a skeleton.

(zoology) Any moth whose larva eats the parenchyma of leaves, leaving the skeleton behind.

present participle of skeleton

simple past tense and past participle of skeleton

Like a skeleton.

(idiomatic) The minimum number of personnel needed to operate and maintain an item at its most simple operating requirements, such as a ship or business, during an emergency or shutdown, and at the same time, to keep vital functions operating.