From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishthe bare bonesthe bare bonesMAINthe most important parts or facts of something without any detail We have outlined only the bare bones of the method. → bare
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the bare bones• I don't know how we can cut any more spending. We're down to the bare bones.• This is boxing stripped down to the bare bones.• These are the bare bones of a long and distinguished scientific career.• Rip Rig created a heady hybrid out of the bare bones of jazz improvisation, dub-funk rhythms and punk attitude.• The above is the bare bones of the arrangement.• We have outlined only the bare bones of the B & B method.• Many different lines of evidence may be used to flesh out the bare bones of the fossils.• GUIs provide the padding to the bare bones of the system.• The strength of this book is that it puts flesh on the bare bones of this argument.the bare bonesthe bare bonesSIMPLE/NOT COMPLICATEDthe simplest and most important details of something I can’t tell you more than the bare bones of what happened. → boneExamples from the Corpus
the bare bones• These are the bare bones of a long and distinguished scientific career.• The above is the bare bones of the arrangement.• Rip Rig created a heady hybrid out of the bare bones of jazz improvisation, dub-funk rhythms and punk attitude.• The strength of this book is that it puts flesh on the bare bones of this argument.• We have outlined only the bare bones of the B & B method.• Many different lines of evidence may be used to flesh out the bare bones of the fossils.• This is boxing stripped down to the bare bones.• GUIs provide the padding to the bare bones of the system. 