Another word for sheath
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Noun
A thin outer covering of an object
- The membranous tissue forming the external covering or integument of an animal and consisting in vertebrates of the epidermis and dermis.
- An animal pelt, especially the comparatively pliable pelt of a small or young animal:
- A usually thin, closely adhering outer layer:
- A layer of boards or of other wood or fiber materials applied to the outer studs, joists, and rafters of a building to strengthen the structure and serve as a base for an exterior weatherproof cladding.
- An exterior covering on the underwater part of a ship's hull that protects it against marine growths.
- The act of providing sheathing.
- A thin, pliable layer of tissue covering surfaces or separating or connecting regions, structures, or organs of a living organism.
- A semipermeable layer that bounds a cell or an organelle, typically consisting of lipids and proteins.
- A thin, pliable sheet or layer of natural or synthetic material:
- A thin plate, sheet, or layer.
- The expanded area of a leaf or petal; a blade.
- The bladelike part of a kelp.
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Another word for sheath
Noun
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- To wrap in or as if in cerecloth.
- A layer of boards or of other wood or fiber materials applied to the outer studs, joists, and rafters of a building to strengthen the structure and serve as a base for an exterior weatherproof cladding.
- An exterior covering on the underwater part of a ship's hull that protects it against marine growths.
- The act of providing sheathing.
- A leaflike bract that encloses or subtends a flower cluster or spadix, as in the jack-in-the-pulpit.
- To place something upon or over, so as to protect or conceal:
- To overlay or spread with something:
- To put a cover or covering on:
- A sheath, as for a dagger, sword, or rifle.
- To put into or furnish with such a sheath.
- An instance or occurrence of a particular kind or category:
- An occurrence of a disease or disorder:
- A set of circumstances or a state of affairs; a situation:
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