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adjective
- 1. reduced to or comprising only the basic or essential elements of something: "a bare-bones version of the story"
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used to describe an amount of money that is only just enough, or too little, for a particular purpose, or an arrangement that offers as little of something as possible: This bare-bones budget is far short of the amount we need to maintain existing programs. The airline offers a bare-bones service - no assigned seating, no sandwiches, no nuts.
The meaning of BARE-BONES is including only what is most basic or necessary. How to use bare-bones in a sentence.
Bare bones is often used to refer to something that only includes its essential parts and nothing else. The adjective form bare-bones means most basic and without any frills, as in My apartment is pretty bare-bones, with just a bedroom, bathroom, and kitchenette.
Anything bare bones has only the most basic elements or parts. The bare bones of a story is just the plot, or an outline without the details. A skeleton is a literal example of something bare bones. With no muscles, organs, or skin, a skeleton is only the frame of an animal.
Definition of 'bare bones' Word Frequency. bare bones. phrase. The bare bones of something are its most basic parts or details. There are not even the bare bones of a garden here–I've got nothing. See full dictionary entry for bone. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word Frequency.
Synonyms for BARE-BONES: sparse, mere, short, minimal, small, meager, lowest, bare; Antonyms of BARE-BONES: adequate, sufficient, satisfactory, enough, rich, tolerable, fertile, lavish.
If you describe something as bare-bones, you mean that it is reduced to the smallest size, amount, or number that you need. The mayor will have to slash the city's already bare-bones budget. 2.
