English noun: protective covering |
| 1. | protective covering (artifact) a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury |
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| Samples | They had no protection from the fallout.
Wax provided protection for the floors.
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| Synonyms | protection, protective cover |
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| Broader (hypernym) | covering |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | armguard, armor, armour, back, bell glass, bell jar, binder, binding, blind, bonnet, book binding, bracer, cap, cladding, cloche, coaster, cold frame, cover, cowl, cowling, crystal, dashboard, dust cover, escutcheon, faceplate, facing, fall-board, fallboard, finger plate, heat shield, hood, housing, liner, lining, mask, mulch, overlay, overlayer, ring-binder, roof, roof, screen, screen, scutcheon, shade, sheath, sheathing, shelter, shield, splashboard, splashboard, splasher, splasher, testudo, thumbstall, toecap, washboard, watch crystal, watch glass |
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| 2. | protective covering (animal) the tough natural covering of some organisms |
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| Broader (hypernym) | body covering |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | armor, armour, clypeus, sclerite, scute |
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