skull
part of speech
noun (a skull, skulls)
meaning for a pupil
1) The skull is the hard bony frame of the head that protects the brain. tree →
2) A skull with crossed bones is a sign of danger or poison, and on old flags of pirates. tree →
sense in the lessons
In science, the skull is part of the skeleton; it protects the brain, eyes and ears; a baby's skull has soft spots that close as it grows. In safety lessons, helmets protect the skull and brain on bikes and scooters. The skull and crossbones on a bottle means poison: do not touch. Phrases: skull and crossbones, thick skull.
examples
- The skull protects your brain. tree →
- Wear a helmet to protect your skull. tree →
- We saw a dinosaur skull at the museum. tree →
- A skull and crossbones on a bottle means poison. tree →
- The pirate flag had a skull on it. tree →
- Your skull is made of several bones joined together. tree →
- The doctor looked at an X-ray of his skull. tree →
- A baby's skull has soft spots. tree →
- So they carried the skull into the sitting-room. tree →
note
Countable. Rhymes with dull. Do not confuse with scull (an oar for rowing). An adult skull has about 22 bones that are joined together.
In the corpora
- The jaguar has the strongest bite for its size of any big cat and can crack turtle shells and caiman skulls.
- Pull it apart with tweezers and you can count the skulls of the mice and voles it ate.
- The skull has 22 bones: 8 around the brain and 14 in the face, joined by zigzag seams called sutures.
- About 15,000 years ago, at Mezhyrich in Ukraine, people built round huts from mammoth jaws, skulls, tusks and long bones.
- «I'm dead» and the skull emoji 💀 are young people's way of saying «this is hilarious».
Trees and pragmatics
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