Definition

1. Noun:
   • Skull: The bony structure that forms the head and encloses and protects the brain. This is the primary and most common meaning.
   • Head (colloquial, often in a negative or humorous context): Used informally to refer to a person's head, often implying it is empty, foolish, or hard.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Skull):
  • Các nhà khảo cổ tìm thấy một hộp sọ người cổ đại. (Archaeologists found an ancient human skull.)
  • Chấn thương sọ não rất nguy hiểm. (Traumatic brain injury is very dangerous.)
• Noun (Head - colloquial):
  • Nó có cái sọ đặc, giải thích mãi không hiểu. (He has a thick skull, I've explained forever and he still doesn't understand.)

Advanced Usage

• "khoai sọ": A specific type of taro (a root vegetable). This is a fixed compound noun.
  • Canh khoai sọ nấu sườn là món ăn truyền thống. (Taro root soup with pork ribs is a traditional dish.)
• "sọ dừa": Literally "coconut skull"; refers to the hard, hollowed-out shell of a coconut, often used as a container or in crafts.
  • Họ làm gáo nước từ sọ dừa. (They made a water dipper from a coconut shell.)

Variants and Related Words

• Hộp sọ (n): Cranium; specifically the part of the skull that encloses the brain.
  • Hộp sọ được cấu tạo từ nhiều xương ghép lại. (The cranium is made of several fused bones.)
• Sọ não (n): A compound term used in medical contexts relating to the skull and brain.
  • Bệnh nhân phải chụp CT sọ não. (The patient had to get a CT scan of the head.)

Synonyms

• Skull: cranium.
• Head (colloquial): noggin, dome.

Related Medical/Scientific Terms

• Craniotomy (): A surgical operation where a bone flap is removed from the skull.
• Craniometry (): The scientific measurement of skulls.
• Craniology (): The scientific study of the shape and size of the skulls of different human races.

noun

1. skull