Your skull is the bony part of your head which encloses your brain.
Her husband was later treated for a fractured skull.
skull in British English
(skʌl)
noun
1.
the bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates
cranium ▶ Related adjective: cranial
2. often derogatory
the head regarded as the mind or intelligence
to have a dense skull
3.
a picture of a skull used to represent death or danger
Word origin
C13: of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse skoltr, Norwegian skult, Swedish dialect skulle
skull in American English
(skʌl)
noun
1.
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
2.
the human head regarded as the seat of thought or intelligence
usually with derogatory implication
a thick skull, an empty skull
verb transitive
3.
to hit on the head
4.
to hit the top of (a golf ball) causing it to go too far
Idioms:
out of one's skull
Word origin
ME scolle < Scand, as in Swed skulle, skull, akin to scale3, shell
Examples of 'skull' in a sentence
skull
The skull was removed and the head filled with hot sand and then boiled.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
It was of a hanging skeleton with skulls littered below in white and red.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
We saw a spatula used to remove the brains from skulls.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
She underwent emergency surgery to remove part of her skull but slipped into a coma.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The steel set crushes a human skull.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
They found he had suffered a fractured skull.
The Sun (2014)
This mimics the movement of the brain inside the skull and reduces the force of the impact.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
He dug away at the object and found that it was the top part of a skull.
Wills, Christopher The Runaway Brain: the Evolution of Human Uniqueness (1993)
The centre piece is a box shelf filled with human skulls.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The front man has grabbed his first goal since returning from a fractured skull.
The Sun (2009)
The way their skulls and brains are joined means they share many senses and experiences.
The Sun (2015)
Sitting on a rocky ledge in the ancestral cave was a human skull.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Her mother lost her left arm and suffered a fractured skull.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
In the liquid was part of a human skull.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
He suffered a fractured skull and died in hospital.
The Sun (2012)
The force had made tiny veins between his skull and brain tear and bleed.
The Sun (2008)
The 25-year-old victim suffered a fractured skull and eye socket.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
She suffered a fractured skull, hip and jaw and was in a coma for two weeks.
The Sun (2013)
Part of his skull was removed during a four-hour operation and he spent three weeks in a coma.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Doctors had to remove part of his skull, which could have been avoided had he worn a helmet.
The Sun (2015)
Passengers were queueing up to buy their tickets for the ship from the skeletal figure of Death, a skull for a head.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Word lists with
skull
bone
In other languages
skull
British English: skull /skʌl/ NOUN
Your skull is the bony part of your head which holds your brain.
The headache started at the base of his skull.
American English: skull
Arabic: جُمْجُمَة
Brazilian Portuguese: crânio
Chinese: 头骨
Croatian: lubanja
Czech: lebka
Danish: kranium
Dutch: schedel
European Spanish: cráneo
Finnish: pääkallo
French: crâne
German: Schädel
Greek: κρανίο
Italian: teschio
Japanese: 頭蓋骨
Korean: 두개골
Norwegian: hodeskalle
Polish: czaszka
European Portuguese: crânio
Romanian: craniu
Russian: череп
Latin American Spanish: cráneo
Swedish: skalle
Thai: กระโหลกศรีษะ
Turkish: kafatası
Ukrainian: череп
Vietnamese: sọ
All related terms of 'skull'
skull cap
A skull cap is a small close-fitting cap.
Boskop skull
a portion of a human skull found in South Africa, of undetermined relationship and geological age : formerly associated with a hypothetical Boskop race
skull practice
a meeting of a sports team with its coaches to discuss plays and strategy
skullcap
a rounded brimless hat fitting the crown of the head
out of one's skull
foolish ; silly
skull and crossbones
A skull and crossbones is a picture of a human skull above a pair of crossed bones which warns of death or danger. It used to appear on the flags of pirate ships and is now sometimes found on containers holding poisonous substances .