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DEATH'S HEAD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does death's head mean?
• DEATH'S HEAD (noun)
The noun DEATH'S HEAD has 1 sense:
1. a human skull (or a representation of a human skull) used as a symbol of death
Familiarity information: DEATH'S HEAD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A human skull (or a representation of a human skull) used as a symbol of death
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("death's head" is a kind of...):
symbol; symbolic representation; symbolisation; symbolization (something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible)
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