SKELETON KEY

Meaning of SKELETON KEY in English

a key with nearly the whole substance of the bit filed away so that it may open various locks. Also called passkey .

[ 1800-10 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

SKELETON KEY — noun Date: 1810 a key with a large part of the bit filed away to enable it to open low …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SKELETON KEY — noun : a key with a large part of the bit filed away so as to avoid the wards and …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SKELETON KEY — master key, key that can open all doors
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SKELETON KEY — Date: 1810 : a key with a large part of the bit filed away to enable it to open low …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SKELETON KEY — Function: noun Date: 1810 : a key with a large part of the bit filed away to enable it to …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SKELETON KEY — ■ noun a key designed to fit many locks by having the interior of the bit hollowed.
Concise Oxford English vocab
SKELETON KEY — [skeleton key] n (1810): a key with a large part of the bit filed away to enable it to open …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SKELETON KEY — noun a key that will open several different locks
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SKELETON KEY — ˈskeleton key BrE AmE noun [countable] a key made to open a number of different locks
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SKELETON KEY — ( skeleton keys) A skeleton key is a key which has been specially made so that it will open many …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SKELETON KEY — (~s) A ~ is a key which has been specially made so that it will open many different locks. N-COUNT
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SKELETON KEY — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Alexander Rokovssky carefully inserted a skeleton key , and slowly turned it.
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SKELETON KEY — болванка отмычка
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SKELETON KEY — Дитрих
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
SKELETON KEY — Двуручная пила
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
SKELETON KEY — отмычка
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SKELETON KEY — отмычка
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
SKELETON KEY — болванка
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
SKELETON KEY — отмычка
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
SKELETON KEY — отмычка
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SKELETON KEY — отмычка
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
SKELETON KEY — отмычка
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
SKELETON KEY — болванка
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
SKELETON KEY — болванка
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
SKELETON KEY — отмычка
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
SKELETON KEY — отмычка
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
SKELETON KEY — _n. отмычка
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
SKELETON KEY — Двуручная пила
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
SKELETON KEY — Крючок
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
SKELETON KEY — Крюк
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
SKELETON KEY — Заваль
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
SKELETON KEY — Вязание крючком
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
SKELETON KEY — отмычка
Англо-Русский словарь английских идиом
SKELETON KEY — отмычка
Англо-Русский словарь идиом
SKELETON KEY — болванка отмычка
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SKELETON KEY — отмычка
Англо-Русский словарь
SKELETON
Webster's New International English Dictionary
KEY — I. ˈkē noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English key, kay, keye, from Old English cǣg, cǣge, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SKELETON — (a.) Consisting of, or resembling, a skeleton; consisting merely of the framework or outlines; having only certain leading features of …
Английский словарь Webster
SKELETON — ( a. ) Consisting of, or resembling, a skeleton; consisting merely of the framework or outlines; having only certain leading …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SKELETON — — skeletonless , adj. — skeletonlike , adj. /skel"i tn/ , n. 1. Anat. , Zool. the bones of a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
KEY — key 1 /kee/ , n. , pl. keys , adj., v., keyed, keying . n. 1. a small metal instrument …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SKELETON — I. ˈske-lə-tən noun Etymology: New Latin, from Greek, neuter of skeletos dried up; akin to Greek skellein to dry up, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
KEY — I. ˈkē noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English cǣg; akin to Old Frisian kēi key Date: before 12th century …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SKELETON — noun a very thin or lean person. 2. skeleton ·noun the more or less firm or hardened framework of an …
Webster English vocab
KEY — noun a piece of wood used as a wedge. 2. key ·noun a keystone. 3. key ·noun the last board …
Webster English vocab
SKELETON — [skel.e.ton] n [NL, fr. Gk, neut. of skeletos dried up; akin to Gk skellein to dry up, skleros hard and …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
KEY — [key] n [ME, fr. OE caeg; akin to OFris kei key] (bef. 12c) 1 a: a usu. metal instrument by …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SKELETON — the supportive framework of an animal body. In vertebrates the skeletal system is mainly internal, consisting for the most part …
Britannica English vocabulary
KEY — in music, closed system of functionally related chords generated by certain tonal conventions associated with the Western concept of diatonic …
Britannica English vocabulary
SKELETON — skeleton BrE AmE ˈskel ɪt ə n -ət-, !!-ɪnt- AmE \ - ə n ▷ skeleton|s z ▶ ˈ skeleton …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SKELETON — / ˈskelɪtn; NAmE / noun 1. the structure of bones that supports the body of a person or an animal; …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
KEY — / kiː; NAmE / noun , verb , adjective ■ noun TOOL FOR LOCK 1. a specially shaped piece of …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SKELETON — skel ‧ e ‧ ton /ˈskelət ə n, ˈskelɪt ə n/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: Modern …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
KEY — I. key 1 S3 W2 /kiː/ BrE AmE adjective [no comparative] very important or necessary: China’s support is key to …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SKELETON — n. 1 a a hard internal or external framework of bones, cartilage, shell, woody fibre, etc., supporting or containing the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SKELETON — n. 1 a a hard internal or external framework of bones, cartilage, shell, woody fibre, etc., supporting or containing the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SKELETON — n.1 a a hard internal or external framework of bones, cartilage, shell, woody fibre, etc., supporting or containing the body …
Oxford English vocab
SKELETON — ( skeletons) 1. Your skeleton is the framework of bones in your body. ...a human skeleton. N-COUNT 2. A skeleton …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SKELETON — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES skeleton key COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE complete ▪ Scattered around him were complete skeletons …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
KEY
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SKELETON — [noun] [C] - the frame of bones supporting a human or animal bodyChildren should drink milk to help them develop …
Cambridge English vocab
SKELETON — Synonyms and related words : abbreviation, abbreviature, abrege, abridgment, abstract, adumbrate, anatomy, appendicular skeleton, ashes, axial skeleton, backing, barebones, bean …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SKELETON — n. 25B6; noun the human skeleton : BONES. See list at bone . she was no more than a skeleton …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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