English noun: bare bones | |||
1. | bare bones (cognition) (plural) the most basic facts or elements | ||
Samples | He told us only the bare bones of the story. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | center, centre, core, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance, sum | ||
Domain usage | colloquialism, plural, plural form | ||