Skull

Noun

 * 1)  The main bone of the head; the cranium.
 * 2) A symbol for death; death's-head

Verb

 * 1) To hit in the head with a fist, a weapon, or a thrown object.

Adjectives for Skull
brainless; eyeless; cast-iron; perfect; grinning; gleaming; empty.

Verbs for Skull
abrade—; batter—; compress—; contuse—; crack—; crush—; drain—; fracture—; imbed in—; lacerate—; measure—; mummify—; penetrate—;   perforate—;  pierce—; scrape—; split—; tap—; trephine—; —contracts; —deflects; —protects.

Thesaurus
cranium, crossbones, epicranium, memento mori, pale horse, pale rider, pericranium, sickle of Death, skull and crossbones, that fell sergeant, that grim ferryman, white cross, Azrael, Black Death, Death, Grim Reaper, Pale Death, Reaper, angel of death, brain box, brainpan,

Pronunciation

 * Homophones: scull
 * Homophones: scull
 * Homophones: scull

Synonyms

 * cranium (anatomy)

Meronyms

 * Thesaurus:skull

Related terms

 * numskull, numbskull
 * skull and crossbones

Noun

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Basque: burezur
 * Bosnian:
 * Catalan: crani
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 头骨,  ,  头盖骨,  顱骨,  颅骨,  腦殼,  脑壳
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:, skeletkapo
 * Estonian:, ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician: cranio
 * Georgian: თავის ქალა (t‘avis k‘ala)
 * German: (1),  (2)
 * Greek:
 * Hawaiian: iwi poʻo
 * Hebrew: גולגולת (gulgolet)
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:, hauskúpa
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kabuverdianu:
 * Badiu/ALUPEC/ALUPEK: kraniu
 * Korean: 두개골 (dugaegol), 두골


 * Kurdish: کاپۆڵ
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: galvaskauss
 * Lithuanian: galvos griaučiai
 * Mongolian: гавал
 * Old English: hēafodbān
 * Ossetian: særgæhč, сæргæхц
 * Persian: (kalle)
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: crâneo, crânio , caveira
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Sanskrit: कपालः
 * Scottish Gaelic: claigeann
 * Serbian:
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: (1),  (2)
 * Swahili: fuvu la kichwa
 * Swedish: skalle, kranium, kranie
 * Taos: p’ìtąmúluną
 * Telugu: పుర్రె
 * Thai: (gàlôhk),  (hŭa gàlôhk)
 * Turkish:
 * Volapük: kran
 * Welsh:
 * West Frisian:
 * Yucatec Maya:
 * West Frisian:
 * Yucatec Maya:
 * Yucatec Maya:


 * German: Totenkopf


 * Greek:
 * Portuguese: caveira

Noun

 * 1) (on someone's) behalf; an archaic form of skuld (debt), used to indicate for whom or why something is done
 * för min skull
 * for me, because of me, on my behalf
 * För edra hjärtans hårdhets skull tillstadde Moses eder att skiljas från edra hustrur
 * Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives (Matthew 19:8)

Related terms

 * skuld
 * skyld
 * skylla