skeleton

At the foot of a pretty big pine, and involved in a green creeper, which had even partly lifted some of the smaller bones, a human skeleton lay, with a few shreds of clothing, on the ground.

She dressed up as a skeleton for Halloween.

She lost so much weight while she was ill that she became a skeleton.

The skeleton of the organisation is essentially the same as it was ten years ago, but many new faces have come and gone.

Coordinate term: stub

At the time of writing the halts have been reprieved due to doubts as to the legality of the withdrawal of services. It is feared that this reprieve may not outlast the summer timetable which, on the section in question, provides only a skeleton of the former service.