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English noun: bare bones

1. bare bones (cognition) (plural) the most basic facts or elements


SamplesHe 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


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