Usually means: Symbol often paired with skull.
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General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. crossbones: Merriam-Webster
  2. crossbones: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. crossbones: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. crossbones: Collins English Dictionary
  5. crossbones: Vocabulary.com
  6. Crossbones, crossbones: Wordnik
  7. crossbones: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. crossbones: Wiktionary
  9. crossbones: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. crossbones: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. crossbones: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Crossbones, crossbones: Dictionary.com
  13. CrossBones (film), Crossbones (TV series), Crossbones (comics), Crossbones: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Crossbones: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. crossbones: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. crossbones: Rhymezone
  17. Crossbones: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. crossbones: FreeDictionary.org
  19. crossbones: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. crossbones: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. crossbones: Encyclopedia

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  1. crossbones: Medical dictionary

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▸ noun:  A representation of two femurs (thighbones) crossed diagonally, chiefly combined with a human skull as a symbol of danger or death.

Similar:
cross, wishbone, crucifix, cross crosslet, blackjack, collar-bone, cross-garnet, bones, comb, blade, more...

Opposite:
skull, cranium, head

Types:
Jolly Roger, more...

Phrases:
skull and crossbones, skulls and crossbones, more...

Adjectives:
and, skull, gizzard, double, skulland, white



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Similar:
cross, wishbone, crucifix, cross crosslet, blackjack, collar-bone, cross-garnet, bones, comb, blade, more...

Opposite:
skull, cranium, head

Types:
Jolly Roger, more...

Phrases:
skull and crossbones, skulls and crossbones, more...

Adjectives:
and, skull, gizzard, double, skulland, white



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