sugar skull
[ shoog-er skuhl ]
noun
a decorated model skull seen during Day of the Dead celebrations, usually molded or sculpted from sugar or clay and often placed on an altar with a deceased person's name on it.
Origin of sugar skull
1First recorded in 1930–35; loan translation of Spanish calavera de azúcar
- Spanish Ca·la·ver·a [kal-uh-ver-uh; Spanish kah-lah-ve-rah] /ˌkæl əˈvɛr ə; Spanish ˌkɑ lɑˈḇɛ rɑ/ .
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