Skeleton vs. Skull

Skeletonnoun

(anatomy) The system that provides support to an organism, internal and made up of bones and cartilage in vertebrates, external in some other animals.

Skeletonnoun

An anthropomorphic representation of a skeleton.

Skeletonnoun

(figuratively) A very thin person.

Skeletonnoun

(figuratively) The central core of something that gives shape to the entire structure.

Skeletonnoun

(architecture) A frame that provides support to a building or other construction.

Skeletonnoun

(computing) A client-helper procedure that communicates with a stub.

Skeletonnoun

(geometry) The vertices and edges of a polyhedron, taken collectively.

Skeletonnoun

A type of tobogganing in which competitors lie face down, and descend head first (compare luge).

Skeletonverb

(archaic) to reduce to a skeleton; to skin; to skeletonize

Skeletonverb

(archaic) to minimize

Skeletonnoun

The bony and cartilaginous framework which supports the soft parts of a vertebrate animal.

Skeletonnoun

A very thin or lean person.

Skeletonnoun

The heads and outline of a literary production, especially of a sermon.

Skeletonadjective

Consisting of, or resembling, a skeleton; consisting merely of the framework or outlines; having only certain leading features of anything; as, a skeleton sermon; a skeleton crystal.

Skeletonnoun

something reduced to its minimal form;

Skeletonnoun

a scandal that is kept secret;

Skeletonnoun

the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal

Skeletonnoun

the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape;

Skeleton

A skeleton is a structural frame that supports an animal body. There are several different skeletal types: the exoskeleton, which is the stable outer shell of an organism, the endoskeleton, which forms the support structure inside the body, the hydroskeleton, a flexible skeleton supported by fluid pressure, and the cytoskeleton present in the cytoplasm of all cells, including bacteria, and archaea.

Skullnoun

(anatomy) The main bones of the head considered as a unit; including the cranium, facial bones, and mandible.

Skullnoun

A symbol for death; death's-head

Skullnoun

(figuratively) The mind or brain.

Skullnoun

A crust formed on the ladle, etc. by the partial cooling of molten metal.

Skullnoun

The crown of the headpiece in armour.

Skullnoun

(Scotland) A shallow bow-handled basket.

Skullnoun

obsolete form of school

Skullverb

To hit in the head with a fist, a weapon, or a thrown object.

Skullnoun

A school, company, or shoal.

Skullnoun

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.

Skullnoun

The head or brain; the seat of intelligence; mind.

Skullnoun

A covering for the head; a skullcap.

Skullnoun

A sort of oar. See Scull.

Skullnoun

the bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates

Skullnoun

a bone framework enclosing the brain of a vertebrate; the skeleton of a person's or animal's head

Skullnoun

a person's head or brain

Skullverb

hit (someone) on the head

Skull

The skull is a bone structure that forms the head in vertebrates. It supports the structures of the face and provides a protective cavity for the brain.