HyperDic: death[s_head

English > 1 sense of the expression *death's head*:
NOUN	communication	death's head	a human skull (or a representation of a human skull) used as a symbol of death

English > *death's head*: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
Meaning	A human skull (or a representation of a human skull) used as a symbol of death.
Broader	symbol, symbolization, symbolisation, symbolic representation	Something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible