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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape;
- Example: "the building has a steel skeleton"
[syn: skeleton, skeletal frame, frame, underframe]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

underframe
    n 1: the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact
         its shape; "the building has a steel skeleton" [syn:
         skeleton, skeletal frame, frame, underframe]