{
    "term": "skull",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "image": "data/images/bo/body_skeleton.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the bone structure that forms the head and surrounds and protects the brain",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a fractured skull"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the angel of death with his grinning skull"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Body"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["human", "thick", "thin"],
                "verb + skull": ["crack", "fracture", "crush"],
                "skull + noun": ["fracture"],
                "phrases": [
                    "a fracture of the skull",
                    "a fracture to the skull",
                    "suffer a fractured skull"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the head or the brain",
            "labels": "(informal)(informal)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Her skull was crammed with too many thoughts."
                },
                {
                    "text": "When will he **get it into his thick skull** that I never want to see him again!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The soldiers' hair was cropped close to the skull."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/skʌl/",
                "audio": "sk/skull/skull__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/skʌl/",
                "audio": "sk/skull/skull__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English scolle; of unknown origin; compare with Old Norse skoltr."
}