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skull
The skull is the set of bones of the head including the jaw, or an image of the bones of the head.
(noun)An example of a skull is a popular Halloween decoration to scare people.
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See skull in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- the entire bony or cartilaginous framework of the head of a vertebrate, enclosing and protecting the brain and sense organs, including the bones of the face and jaw
- the human head regarded as the seat of thought or intelligence: usually with derogatory implication: a thick skull, an empty skull
Origin: ME scolle < Scand, as in Swed skulle, skull, akin to scale, shell
transitive verb
- to hit on the head
- to hit the top of (a golf ball) causing it to go too far
See skull in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- The bony or cartilaginous framework of the head of vertebrates, made up of the bones of the braincase and face; cranium.
- Informal The head, regarded as the seat of thought or intelligence: Use your skull and solve the problem.
- A death's-head.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English skulle
Origin: , probably of Scandinavian origin
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skull
lateral view of an adult human skull
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