Shroud Synonyms

shroud
Burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. pall
  2. winding-sheet
  3. covering
  4. cerements
  5. cerecloth
  6. cerement
  7. cover
  8. sheet
  9. graveclothes
  10. cloak
  11. clothing
  12. dress
  13. envelope
  14. garment
  15. grave-clothes
  16. screen
  17. tack
  18. shade
  19. shadow
  20. shelter
  21. vault
  22. veil
  23. mainsheet
  24. wrap
  25. weather-sheet
  26. winding-clothes
To cut off from sight
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. block
  2. conceal
  3. hide
  4. obscure
  5. obstruct
  6. screen
  7. shut off
To surround and cover completely so as to obscure
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. enshroud
  2. envelop
  3. cloak
  4. clothe
  5. enfold
  6. enwrap
  7. infold
  8. invest
  9. veil
  10. wrap
  11. hide
  12. cover
To prevent (something) from being known
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. cloak
  2. conceal
  3. cover
  4. enshroud
  5. hide
  6. hush
  7. mask
  8. veil
To envelop and obscure or shut off from sight:
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. block

Words Related to Shroud

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Shroud Sentence Examples

  • People are buried in simple caskets or a shroud.

  • The body is then washed and wrapped in a white linen shroud.

  • When the troops finally returned, a pall of disappointment hung over them like a shroud.

  • It was sculpted from life but shows him in his shroud.

  • Never, said those who wrapped her in her shroud, had any living creature been so emaciated and lived.

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