'Skeletonize' definitions:

Definition of 'Skeletonize'

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  • Skeletonize \Skel"e*ton*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Skeletonized; p. pr. & vb. n. Skeletonizing.] To prepare a skeleton of; also, to reduce, as a leaf, to its skeleton. --Pop. Sci. Monthly. [1913 Webster]