Usually means: Key designed to open many locks.
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  1. skeleton key: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. skeleton key: Merriam-Webster
  3. skeleton key: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. skeleton key: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. skeleton key: Collins English Dictionary
  6. skeleton key: Vocabulary.com
  7. skeleton key: Wordnik
  8. skeleton key: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. skeleton key: Wiktionary
  10. skeleton key: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. skeleton key: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. skeleton key: Dictionary.com
  13. Skeleton Key (band), Skeleton Key (book), Skeleton Key (comics), Skeleton Key (disambiguation), Skeleton Key (film), Skeleton Key (novel), Skeleton Key, Skeleton key, The Skeleton Key: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. skeleton key: Rhymezone
  15. skeleton key: FreeDictionary.org
  16. skeleton key: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. skeleton key: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. skeleton key: Encyclopedia

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  1. skeleton key: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (skeleton key)

▸ noun:  A very simple design of key that usually has a cylindrical shaft (sometimes called a "shank") and a single, minimal flat, rectangular tooth or "bit".
▸ noun:  A key that has parts filed away so that it will open a range of locks.
▸ noun:  A master key.

Similar:
keyway, blade, split key, skate key, key bolt, betty, shank, bump key, key bit, bitting, more...

Opposite:
specific key, restricted key, individual key

Types:
bobby pin, paper clip, hairpin, credit card, more...

Phrases:
The Skeleton Key, A Skeleton Key to Finnegans Wake, more...

Adjectives:
key, shod, flat, fob, shafted, journal, pulleyed, bearing, dolly, rubber, latchkey

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Similar:
keyway, blade, split key, skate key, key bolt, betty, shank, bump key, key bit, bitting, more...

Opposite:
specific key, restricted key, individual key

Types:
bobby pin, paper clip, hairpin, credit card, more...

Phrases:
The Skeleton Key, A Skeleton Key to Finnegans Wake, more...

Adjectives:
key, shod, flat, fob, shafted, journal, pulleyed, bearing, dolly, rubber, latchkey



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