skull
The main bones of the head considered as a unitThe main bones of the head considered as a unit; including the cranium, facial bones, and mandible.
» The human skull consists of 23 bones.
Der menschliche Schädel besteht aus dreiundzwanzig Knochen.
Череп человека состоит из двадцати трёх костей.
Meaning
7 sensesThe main bones of the head considered as a unit; including the cranium, facial bones, and mandible.
Schädel, Kranium
че́репčérep
че́репčérep
These bones as a symbol for death; death's-head.
Totenkopf
че́репčérep
(figuratively)The mind or brain.
A crust formed on the ladle, etc. by the partial cooling of molten metal.
The crown of the headpiece in armour.
(Scotland)A shallow bow-handled basket.
(UK, obsolete, slang)The head or master of a college.
the bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates
Examples
86 sentencesThe human skull consists of 23 bones.
ruЧереп человека состоит из двадцати трёх костей.
deDer menschliche Schädel besteht aus dreiundzwanzig Knochen.
Are you out of your skull?
Tom was bored out of his skull.
Tom's skull was crushed when the building collapsed.
Tom has a tattoo of a skull on his chest.
ruУ Тома на груди есть татуировка в виде черепа.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English sculle, scolle (also schulle, scholle), probably from a dialectal formFrom Middle English sculle, scolle (also schulle, scholle), probably from a dialectal form of Old Norse skalli (“bald head, skull”), itself probably related to Old English sċealu (“husk”), to Proto-Norse *ᛋᚲᚨᛚᛟ (*skalo), from Proto-Germanic *skallô; compare Finnish kallo. Compare Scots scull, Danish skal (“skull”) and skalle (“bald head, skull”), Norwegian skalle, Swedish skalle and especially dialectal Swedish skulle.
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