SKULL AND CROSSBONES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does skull and crossbones mean? 

• SKULL AND CROSSBONES (noun)
  The noun SKULL AND CROSSBONES has 1 sense:

1. emblem warning of danger or death

  Familiarity information: SKULL AND CROSSBONES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SKULL AND CROSSBONES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Emblem warning of danger or death

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("skull and crossbones" is a kind of...):

emblem (special design or visual object representing a quality, type, group, etc.)

Holonyms ("skull and crossbones" is a part of...):

black flag; blackjack; Jolly Roger; pirate flag (a flag usually bearing a white skull and crossbones on a black background; indicates a pirate ship)