'Skull and crossbones' definitions:
Definition of 'skull and crossbones'
From: WordNet
noun
Emblem warning of danger or death
Definition of 'Skull and crossbones'
From: GCIDE
- Skull \Skull\, n. [OE. skulle, sculle, scolle; akin to Scot. skull, skoll, a bowl, Sw. skalle skull, skal a shell, and E. scale; cf. G. hirnschale, Dan. hierneskal. Cf. Scale of a balance.]
- 1. (Anat.) The skeleton of the head of a vertebrate animal, including the brain case, or cranium, and the bones and cartilages of the face and mouth. See Illusts. of Carnivora, of Facial angles under Facial, and of Skeleton, in Appendix. [1913 Webster]
- Note: In many fishes the skull is almost wholly cartilaginous but in the higher vertebrates it is more or less completely ossified, several bones are developed in the face, and the cranium is made up, wholly or partially, of bony plates arranged in three segments, the frontal, parietal, and occipital, and usually closely united in the adult. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The head or brain; the seat of intelligence; mind. [1913 Webster]
- Skulls that can not teach, and will not learn. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A covering for the head; a skullcap. [Obs. & R.] [1913 Webster]
- Let me put on my skull first. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A sort of oar. See Scull. [1913 Webster]
- Skull and crossbones, a symbol of death. See Crossbones. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'skull and crossbones'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- angel of death,
- armory,
- Azrael,
- badge,
- badge of office,
- badges,
- baton,
- Black Death,
- blazonry,
- brassard,
- button,
- cap and gown,
- chain,
- chain of office,
- class ring,
- cockade,
- collar,
- cross,
- crossbones,
- danger sign,
- Death,
- decoration,
- dress,
- eagle,
- early symptom,
- emblems,
- ensigns,
- falling barometer,
- fasces,
- figurehead,
- fleur-de-lis,
- gathering clouds,
- Grim Reaper,
- hammer and sickle,
- heraldry,
- high sign,
- insignia,
- lapel pin,
- livery,
- mace,
- mantle,
- markings,
- medal,
- memento mori,
- mortarboard,
- old school tie,
- omen,
- Pale Death,
- pale horse,
- pale rider,
- pin,
- precursor,
- preliminary sign,
- premonitory sign,
- premonitory symptom,
- prodroma,
- prodrome,
- quarantine flag,
- Reaper,
- red flag,
- red light,
- regalia,
- ring,
- rose,
- school ring,
- shamrock,
- sickle of Death,
- sigillography,
- skull,
- sphragistics,
- staff,
- storm petrel,
- stormy petrel,
- swastika,
- symptom,
- tartan,
- that fell sergeant,
- that grim ferryman,
- thistle,
- thundercloud,
- thunderhead,
- tie,
- uniform,
- verge,
- wand,
- warning sign,
- warning signal,
- white cross,
- yellow flag,
- yellow jack