Case and Skeleton

Case

Case noun - Something that encloses another thing especially to protect it.

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Skeleton and case are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Skeleton" instead a noun "Case".

Nearby Words: cased, casing, casework

Skeleton noun - The arrangement of parts that gives something its basic form.

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Case and skeleton are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Case" instead a noun "Skeleton".

Nearby Words: skeletal, skeletonized

old	old case	old skeleton
full	full case	full skeleton
complete	complete case	complete skeleton
original	original case	original skeleton
Other adjectives: single, small, actual, entire, real, massive, huge, new, weird, strange, literal.

Neither she nor Schmendrick are particularly surprised or creeped out by the talking skeleton, but in that case it's probably because the cat warned them about it earlier.

Source: Western Animation / The Last Unicorn
When the Martian detectives on the case suspect that the skeleton was a Disappeared, they hire Miles Flint.

Source: Literature / Retrieval Artist
After the Rangers defeat a dinosaur skeleton, Rocky has a Genre Savvy moment and suggests they leave ASAP in case he pulls himself together.

Source: Pulling Themselves Together

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