skeleton vs luge
Definitions
noun
- the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal
- a scandal that is kept secret
- something reduced to its minimal form
- the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape
Examples
The conference began with a Wednesday evening welcome reception, held at Chicago's Field Museum, where 28 mostly Illinois breweries had set up beer stations among two stuffed elephants, a couple of totem poles and a tyrannosaur skeleton.
There was no crust of stalagmite overlying the mud in which the human skeleton was found, and no bones of other animals in the mud with the skeleton; but just before our visit in 1860 the tusk of a bear had been met with in some mud in a lateral embranchment of the cave, in a situation precisely similar to b, Figure 1, and on a level corresponding with that of the human skeleton.
The researchers found no separated bones or partial skeletons, which suggests that the dinosaurs were rapidly entombed while still alive.
Definitions
noun
- a racing sled for one or two people
verb
- move along on a luge or toboggan
Examples
Unlike anything else in his catalog, Aura is a ten-part suite composed by Danish flugelhornist Palle Mikkelbourg as a tribute.
The epic cricket battle between England and Australia has sparked a deluge of wagers.
Perhaps it's because of the deluge of words, perhaps it's the weightiness of the subject, but one doesn't actually become involved emotionally.
