olemus
organismi või muud olemit toestav süsteem
otseses või ülekantud tähenduses

Wiktionary:
1. (anatomy) the system that provides support to an organism, internal and made up of bones and cartilage in vertebrates, external in some other animals
4. (figuratively) the central core of something that gives shape to the entire structure
The skeleton of the organisation is essentially the same as it was ten years ago, but many new faces have come and gone.

ülevaateid
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeleton
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_skeleton
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exoskeleton
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algorithmic_skeleton

vt ka
- roboti skelett
- skelett (2)
- visand