Skeleton
Skeleton noun - The arrangement of parts that gives something its basic form.
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Torso and skeleton are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Torso" instead a noun "Skeleton".
Nearby Words: skeletal, skeletonized
Torso
Torso noun - The body excluding the head and neck and limbs.
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A notable example has a big hole in its torso with its skeleton showing, with a vertebrate missing for good measure.
Source: Torso with a View -
In the Turbo-Grafx 16 Shoot 'em Up Dead Moon, many of the bosses resemble giant skeletal animals, and the Final Boss is the head, torso and Floating Limbs of a giant humanoid skeleton.
Source: Dem Bones - In one scene they encounter a group of "Slave Knights", skeleton warriors who defend themselves by keeping a naked girl hostage in their torso as a human shield.
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Torso and Skeleton. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/skeleton/torso
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