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Another word for covering

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Noun
      1. Buildings or other shelters in which people live:
      2. A place to live; a dwelling:
      3. Provision of lodging or shelter:
      1. A natural outer covering or coat, such as the skin of an animal or the membrane enclosing an organ.
      2. The outermost layer or layers of an ovule.
      1. Something, especially a structure, that provides cover or protection, as from the weather:
      2. An establishment that provides temporary housing for homeless people.
      3. An establishment that cares for unwanted or stray animals and tries to find owners for them.
      1. The uppermost part, point, surface, or end:
      2. The part farthest from a given reference point:
      3. The crown of the head:
    See also:

    cover

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Sentence Examples

  • She turned away, covering her face, and began to cry.

  • Lydia, I want no part of covering up a crime.

  • He could picture the vampire-shrouded traveler pushing his grocery cart, happy to have the extra covering on this mountain morning.

  • He soon found a warm corner, and there he lay down, covering himself with the straw.

  • In our climate, in the summer, it was formerly almost solely a covering at night.

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