sugar skull
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.
sugar skulls
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pluralof sugar skull.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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That October, the hallways brimmed with photos, sugar skulls and pan dulce — Día de los Muertos offerings meant to commemorate deceased loved ones.
From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2023
Typically, it is an intimate family tradition observed with home altars and visits to local cemeteries to decorate graves with flowers and sugar skulls.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 30, 2022
We didn’t fill those sacred spaces with candles, sugar skulls and sweet treats.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 30, 2021
The giant pyramid dress decorated with sugar skulls that glowed in black light.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 19, 2018
Little sugar skulls are lined up in rows.
From "Ghost Boys" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
