bare bones vs plural

bare bones and plural both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bare bones	Yes	No	No	No
plural	Yes	Yes	No	No

bare bones (noun)	plural (noun)
(plural) the most basic facts or elements	the form of a word that is used to denote more than one

bare bones (adjective)	plural (adjective)
	grammatical number category referring to two or more items or units
	composed of more than one member, set, or kind