• n.
    ⦿a scandal that is kept secret
    lexical concept
  • there must be a skeleton somewhere in that family's closet

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Lexical context

wn:part of speechnoun
ontolex:lexicalized sense
  1. enl:skeleton
  2. enl:skeleton in the closet
  3. enl:skeleton in the cupboard
wn:interlingual indexili:i75089

Other

skos:is in schemeOpen English WordNet
rdfs:label
  • skeleton in the closetskeleton in the cupboard
  • skeletonskeleton in the closetskeleton in the cupboard