Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

skull-and-crossbones

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.30 in modern English

Syllables: skul-l-and-cross-bones
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

5

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of skull and crossbones.

Example Sentences

"Overhead, the black flag with the white skull-and-crossbones symbolizing defiance of radio regulations fluttered limply atop the two-hundred-foot mast mounted on the converted coaster from which they operated."
"Because when I saw him again, the Bird had two skull-and-crossbones stenciled on his X-ray camera."
"It was a quilted leather tote with tiny skulls-and-crossbones inside each diamond; Sirena's style was definitely impossible to miss. But the million-dollar question was: how had this girl snagged it? Everyone online was buzzing about this purse, but no one could get one."

Inflected Forms

skulls-and-crossbones (plural)

Questions

What does skull-and-crossbones mean?: Alternative form of skull and crossbones.

How to pronounce skull-and-crossbones

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