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How to pronounce “skull”
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Pronunciation guide for skull
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of skull with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Nancy Kanwisher: A neural portrait of the human mind 17 minutes
Imagine taking the skull off
- Definition summary
- (anatomy) The main bones of the head considered as a unit; including the cranium, facial bones, and mandible.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce skull
Nancy Kanwisher: A neural portrait of the human mind 17 minutes

Imagine taking the skull off
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “skull”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (anatomy) The main bones of the head considered as a unit; including the cranium, facial bones, and mandible.
- These bones as a symbol for death; death's-head.
- (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.
- [Verb]
- To hit in the head with a fist, a weapon, or a thrown object.
- (transitive, golf) To strike the top of (the ball).
- To drink everything that remains in a glass by upending it.
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