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“Scull” or “Skull”

scull / skull are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term.

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Definitions

What each term means

Same sound, different spellings and meanings, shown with a pronunciation guide for each term.

scull s·k·AH·l

  • nouna long oar that is mounted at the stern of a boat and moved left and right to propel the boat forward.
  • nouneach of a pair of short oars that are used by a single oarsman.
  • nouna racing shell that is propelled by sculls.
  • verbpropel with sculls.

skull s·k·AH·l

  • nounthe bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates.
Usage

Examples in context

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“scull”

  • …also supported Quaker printer David Scull when he was subjected to…
  • …Rowing Championships – men's quad scull coach – ninth
  • …Rowing Championships – men's double scull coach – bronze
  • …Rowing Championships – men's quad scull coach - twelfth
  • …championships, beating the Olympic single scull champion Yuriy Tyukalov in the
  • …Thomson Committee had obtained in Scull v. Virginia ex rel.
  • …Rowing Championships – men's dingle scull coach – fourth
  • …Rowing Championships – men's double scull coach - fourth
  • William Scull, secretary.
  • …gold medals in the single scull is Finland's Pertti Karppinen.

“skull”

  • …the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008), Indiana Jones identifies koihoma…
  • …dental records that a human skull found in a soybean field…
  • …best preserved parts of the skull.
  • In November 1993, a human skull discovered in a soybean field…
  • …the frontoparietal suture crossed the skull just behind the postorbital process…
  • Skull
  • …curves back and crosses the skull roof much farther behind in…
  • …was subsequently determined that the skull belonged to 27-year-old Pollyanna Sue…
  • …further forensic testing on the skull, which had been uncovered by…
  • A workman noticed a skull which led to the discovery…

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