English noun: natural covering | |||
1. | natural covering (object) a natural object that covers or envelops | ||
Samples | Under a covering of dust. The fox was flushed from its cover. | ||
Synonyms | cover, covering | ||
Broader (hypernym) | natural object | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | bark, blanket, body covering, cap, case, chlamys, crust, eggshell, encrustation, envelope, floral envelope, hood, incrustation, indument, indumentum, indusium, integument, mantle, perianth, pericarp, peridium, perigone, perigonium, roof, sac, scale, seed vessel, sheath, shell, shell, shell, skim, slough, snowcap, test, theca, vesture | ||