Usually means: Framework or structure of something.
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  1. ossature: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  2. ossature: Collins English Dictionary
  3. ossature: Wordnik
  4. ossature: Wiktionary
  5. ossature: Dictionary.com
  6. ossature: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  A skeletal framework; an underlying structure.
▸ noun:  (architecture) Any supporting framework under a vault, roof etc.

Similar:
skeleton, osseous tissue, bone, sceleton, body, ridgebone, bonelet, ossicle, otic bone, musculature, more...

Opposite:
flesh, tissue, muscle, softness

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Similar:
skeleton, osseous tissue, bone, sceleton, body, ridgebone, bonelet, ossicle, otic bone, musculature, more...

Opposite:
flesh, tissue, muscle, softness



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