Hyphenation of skeleton

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word skeleton? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

skele-ton

Definitions of skeleton:

1.
Something reduced to its minimal form
The battalion was a mere skeleton of its former self The bare skeleton of a novel
2.
A scandal that is kept secret
There must be a skeleton somewhere in that family's closet
3.
The hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal
4.
The internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape
The building has a steel skeleton

Synonyms of skeleton:

noun minimum, lower limit
nounskeleton in the closet, skeleton in the cupboard, scandal, outrage
nounskeletal system, frame, systema skeletale, system
nounskeletal frame, frame, underframe, supporting structure

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