Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The skull.
- noun The portion of the skull enclosing the brain; the braincase.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The skull of a human being, or, as now-used, of any animal; the bones of the head, collectively.
- noun More exactly, the brain-box; the bony case of the encephalon, as distinguished from those bones of the skull which support the face and jaws. See
cranial . - noun In entomology, the integument of an insect's head excluding the antennæ, eyes, and oral apparatus, and including the epicranium, gula, and occiput.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The skull of an animal; especially, that part of the skull, either cartilaginous or bony, which immediately incloses the brain; the brain case or brainpan. See
skull .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
skull of avertebrate . - noun That part of the skull
enclosing thebrain , thebraincase .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the part of the skull that encloses the brain
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Would SOMEBODY extract this guy's cranium from the deep, dark, haunts of his rectum?
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Would SOMEBODY extract this guy's cranium from the deep, dark, haunts of his rectum?
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The Hofmeyr cranium is consistent with the hypothesis that UP Eurasians descended from a population that emigrated from sub-Saharan Africa in the Late Pleistocene.
Archive 2007-01-01 2007
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As her opponents have learned, infiltrating Sharapova's Fort Knox cranium is nearly impossible.
USATODAY.com - Only 19, but Sharapova is a rock at U.S. Open semis 2006
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**** Dear megMooch – for the 100th time (I realize facts penetrating your cranium is something novel) but go back and see how EVERY re-count of FLORIDA came out.
Think Progress » Harry Reid: No Good Military Options in Iran 2006
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Tony Snow was just a talking empty head at FOX News, so he has no idea how to answer questions since his cranium is filled with helium lol.
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I can’t help it if that microscopic Ball Bearing inside of your cranium is incapable of comprehending it, but your inability to formulate a coherent argument does not deter from it’s relevence.
Think Progress » Bush Delegation Stages “Walk Out” at Climate Talks 2005
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In that article, I observed that, while there are many indications that the film is a fabrication, the most important proof is the inconsistency between the impact damage to the cranium, which is the film's most stunning feature, showing brains and gore bulging out to JFK's right-front, and the medical evidence, which shows a massive defect at the back of his head just to the right of center.
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The place where I bought mine—aka my cranium prosthesis—had actual names for all of their products.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Cancer Book Jack Canfield 2009
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The place where I bought mine—aka my cranium prosthesis—had actual names for all of their products.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Cancer Book Jack Canfield 2009
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