protective covering - definition and meaning

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Definitions

WordNet 3.0

n. a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury
n. the tough natural covering of some organisms

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hypernyms

Words that are more generic or abstract
- covering
- body covering
hyponyms

Words that are more specific
- back
- cover
- cap
- blind
- shade
- mask
- screen
- shield
- hood
- bonnet
- housing
- liner
- overlay
- binding
- binder
- crystal
- shelter
- roof
- sheath
- facing
- coaster
- cowl
- armor
- lining
- escutcheon
- dashboard
- washboard
- bracer
- testudo
- sheathing
- mulch
- scute
- cloche
- scutcheon
- sclerite
- splashboard
- cladding
- clypeus
- bookbinding
- splasher
- faceplate
- Armour
- watch glass
- bell jar
- dust cover
- toecap
- cowling
- overlayer
- cold frame
- bell glass
- thumbstall
- fallboard
- finger plate
- fall-board
- ring-binder
- heat shield
- armguard
- watch crystal
- More...
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Words that contain this word in their definition
- hood
- roof
- sheath
- cap
- armor
- mask
- cover
- screen
- lining
- back
- facing
- mulch
- testudo
- thumbstall
- washboard
- faceplate
- shield
- housing
- overlayer
- scutcheon
- sheathing
- splashboard
- splasher
- dashboard
- dust cover
- fall-board
- fallboard
- finger plate
- heat shield
- liner
- overlay
- shade
- shelter
- cowling
- armguard
- Armour
- binding
- blind
- bonnet
- bookbinding
- bracer
- cladding
- cold frame
- cowl
- escutcheon
- cuirass
- mail
- eyepatch
- integument
- hydrophyllium
- helmet
- hibernaculum
- lampshade
- nidamentum
- armoured
- cuirassed
- seed coat
- epidermis
- sheathe
- vernix
- cuckoo spit
- balaclava
- tegument
- unarmored
- unarmoured
- unsheathed
- antimacassar
- kneepad
- carapace
- calyptra
- shoe
- coleorhiza
- mat
- packaged
- patch
- scale insect
- sheathed
- armature
- boot
- canopy
- case
- cocoon
- cot
- cuticle
- egg
- pod
- tidy
- headpiece
- tirelike
- cutis
- face mask
- skin
- gonotheca
- armored
- bare
- bark
- dressed
- space suit
- nidamental
- cup
- resist
- slip case
- tyre
- More...

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