Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The bony or cartilaginous framework that encloses and protects the brain and sense organs of all vertebrates and of one group of nonvertebrates (the hagfishes); cranium.
- noun Informal The head, regarded as the seat of thought or intelligence.
- noun A death's-head.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The common skua, Megalestris skua. Also
scull . - noun See
scull . - noun An obsolete form of
school . - noun The trade-name for the anterior plate of the carapace of the hawk's-bill turtle, which yields the tortoise-shell of commerce.
- noun A bowl; a bowl to hold liquor; a goblet.
- noun The cranium; the skeleton of the head; the bony or cartilaginous framework of the head, containing the brain and supporting the face.
- noun The head as the seat of intelligence; the sconce or noddle: generally used disparagingly.
- noun In armor, that part of a head-piece which covers the crown or the head, especially in the head-pieces made up of many parts, such as the armet. See cut under
secret . - noun A large shallow basket without a bow-handle, used for carrying fruit, potatoes, fish, etc.
- noun In metallurgy, the crust which is formed by the cooling of a metal upon the sides of a ladle or any vessel used for containing or conveying it in a molten condition.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Anat.) The skeleton of the head of a vertebrate animal, including the brain case, or cranium, and the bones and cartilages of the face and mouth. See
Illusts . ofcarnivora , of Facial angles underfacial , and of Skeleton, in Appendix. - noun The head or brain; the seat of intelligence; mind.
- noun Obs. & R. A covering for the head; a skullcap.
- noun A sort of oar. See
Scull . - noun a symbol of death. See
Crossbones . - noun obsolete A school, company, or shoal.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun anatomy The main
bones of thehead considered as a unit; thecranium . - noun A symbol for
death ;death's-head - verb To hit in the head with a fist, a weapon, or a thrown object.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Elayna gave me a gorgeous carved soapstone skull - the skull is all lacy curlicues, and you can see the brain inside, and its beautiful and perfect.
Monday stealthymonkey 2009
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In most cases the skull is abnormally small or misshapen, particularly at the back, according to the Mayo Clinic Web site, one of the sources White consulted.
Woman's crushing headache took years to diagnose Sandra G. Boodman 2010
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I would not be very grateful to anyone who did that to my dog, but attacking someone and fracturing their skull is an over reaction.
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I would not be very grateful to anyone who did that to my dog, but attacking someone and fracturing their skull is an over reaction.
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Also, tell the writers that the skull is a McGuffin.
If I had written...Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull wendigomountain 2008
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I believe a fist to the back of the skull is actually considered a great show of respect in the Phillipines.
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But here they understand that a skull is a metaphor of transient life because Mexico has such a long history loaded with imagery.
March 2006 2006
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The team†™ s botanist, Gloria Hartigan – this skull is hers. â€
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In the first place all of the aberrations I have written about above are most likely in the same package which we call a skull and they are very burdensome for an Infantryman to have to carry around.
Salem-News.com 2009
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[Laughter] All I did was type in "skull," and this came up.
A Promise 2006
oroboros commented on the word skull
To hit a golf shot, particularly a close-in to the green shot, somewhat toward the golf ball's center and thus well over the green. Always accompanied by a huge degree of self-disgust, despair and the certain feeling of an impending "high number" for the hole. See (chilly-dip).
May 9, 2008