bare bones

pl.n. Informal The basic elements or essentials: outlined the bare bones of the proposal.

bare′-bones′ adj.

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n.pl. the most essential facts or components: Reduce this report to its bare bones. [1910–15] bare′-bones`, adj.

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Noun

bare bones - (plural) the most basic facts or elements; "he told us only the bare bones of the story"essence, heart and soul, inwardness, nitty-gritty, pith, substance, gist, kernel, nub, meat, core, sum, marrow, heart, center, centre - the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than onecolloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech

bare bones

1. noun The essential and most elementary parts of something; a general outline or summary. Please don't go through each line item in the budget—just give me the bare bones.2. adjective Minimally furnished or adorned. The apartment is pretty bare bones, but rent is cheap, and I don't spend much time there, so I don't mind.See also: bare, bone

bare-bones

Cliché limited; stripped down; lacking refinements or extras. This one is the bare-bones model. It has no accessories at all.

bare bones

The mere essentials or plain, unadorned framework of something, as in This outline gives just the bare bones of the story; details will come later. This phrase transfers the naked skeleton of a body to figurative use. [c. 1900] See also: bare, bone

the bare bones

COMMON The bare bones of something are its most basic parts or details. We worked out the bare bones of a deal. We needed to strip the flat down to its bare bones. It was a terrific engineering and architectural challenge. Note: You can use bare-bones before a noun. The mayor will have to slash the city's already bare-bones budget.See also: bare, bone

the bare bones

the basic facts about something, without any detail.See also: bare, bone

the bare ˈbones (of something)

the main or basic facts of a matter: I had so little time that I could only tell him the bare bones of the story and had to supply the details later.See also: bare, bone

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noun (plural) the most basic facts or elements

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