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SKELETON KEY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does skeleton key mean?
• SKELETON KEY (noun)
The noun SKELETON KEY has 1 sense:
1. a passkey with much of the bit filed away so that it can open different locks
Familiarity information: SKELETON KEY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A passkey with much of the bit filed away so that it can open different locks
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("skeleton key" is a kind of...):
master; master key; passe-partout; passkey (key that secures entrance everywhere)
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