Collocations for "skull"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "skull" in context.
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skull
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [thick, fractured, broken, complete] skull
- a [piece, fragment] of skull
- the skulls of (murder) victims
- trying to reconstruct the skull
- the [front, back, rear] of the skull
- an [inspection, examination, analysis] of the skull
- [discovered, found] a fractured skull
- felt a [whirring, numbness, pain] in her skull
- informal: can't you get it through your skull?
- informal: get it through your thick skull!
- informal: I'm bored out of my skull!
- a skull and crossbones
- wore a skull cap
'skull' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):