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BARE BONES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(plural) the most basic facts or elements
Example:
he told us only the bare bones of the story
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("bare bones" is a kind of...):
center; centre; core; essence; gist; heart; heart and soul; inwardness; kernel; marrow; meat; nitty-gritty; nub; pith; substance; sum (the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience)
Domain usage:
plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
