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bare bones

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. bare bonesnoun

    (plural) the most basic facts or elements

    "he told us only the bare bones of the story"

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  1. bare bonesnoun

    The essential elements of something, described without going into detail.

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  1. bare bones

    "Bare bones" generally refers to the most basic, simplest, or essential elements or structure of something, devoid of any additional or extraneous features or details. It could pertain to any subject, such as a project, product, system, or plan, among others. It aims to provide only what is strictly necessary so that one can fully understand the fundamental aspects without any distractions.

Wikidata

  1. Bare Bones

    Bare Bones is an all-acoustic studio album from rock band Wishbone Ash. It features re-arranged versions of old classics and a number of new original and cover songs. It is the only studio album to feature guitarist/vocalist Mark Birch and the first album in eight years to feature drummer Ray Weston. Several special guests also appear on the album, including former vocalist Claire Hamill. In support of the album, the band would integrate an all-acoustic set within their concert repertoire throughout 1999 and 2000.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of bare bones in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of bare bones in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of bare bones in a Sentence

  1. Tom Ballantyne:

    British Airways once stripped one of their Concordes back to bare bones after years of service and found British Airways was in perfect condition with no wear and tear at all, given British Airways gets proper restoration there shouldn't be any issue getting it passed by the regulators. While the plane did have that dreadful crash with Air France that's not why it was taken out of service.

  2. Paul Spiegel:

    It took CBP this long to come up with something like this, and it's so bare bones.

  3. Jeb Bush:

    Everybody goes, 'How long, Pataki, can you stay in this?' We've been running on a bare bones campaign from the beginning.


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