| Meaning | An artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it). |
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| Narrower | artificial skin | A synthetic covering with two layers used experimentally to treat burn victims |
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| bootleg | The part of a boot above the instep |
| bubble | A dome-shaped covering made of transparent glass or plastic |
| canopy | The transparent covering of an aircraft cockpit |
| casing | The outermost covering of a pneumatic tire |
| chafing gear | covering (usually rope or canvas) of a line or spar to protect it from friction |
| cloak | Anything that covers / covers / covers or conceals |
| cloth covering | A covering made of cloth |
| clothing, article of clothing, vesture, wear, wearable, habiliment | A covering designed to be worn on a person's body |
| coating, coat | A thin layer covering something |
| cover plate | covering consisting of a plate / plate used to cover over or close in a chamber or receptacle |
| drape | A sterile covering arranged over a patient's body during a medical examination or during surgery in order to reduce the possibility / possibility of contamination |
| earmuff | Either of a pair of ear coverings (usually connected by a headband) that are worn to keep the ears warm in cold weather |
| fig leaf | A covering consisting of anything intended to conceal something regarded as shameful |
| finger | One of the parts of a glove that provides covering for a finger or thumb |
| flap | Any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge |
| floor cover, floor covering | A covering for a floor |
| folder | covering that is folded over to protect the contents |
| footwear, footgear | covering for a person's feet |
| hood, exhaust hood | metal covering leading to a vent that exhausts smoke or fumes |
| hood | (falconry) a leather covering for a hawk's head |
| imbrication, overlapping, lapping | covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles) |
| instep | The part of a shoe or stocking that covers the arch of the foot |
| mask | A covering to disguise or conceal the face |
| matting | A covering of coarse fabric (usually of straw or hemp) |
| mercy seat | The golden covering of the ark of the covenant |
| paddle box, paddle-box | A wooden covering for the upper part of a paddlewheel |
| planking | (nautical) a covering or flooring constructed of planks (as on a ship) |
| protective covering, protective cover, protection | A covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury |
| screen, cover, covert, concealment | A covering that serves to conceal or shelter something |
| swathing | Cloth coverings wrapped around something (as a wound / wound or a baby) |
| thumb | The part of a glove that provides a covering for the thumb |
| toe | The part of footwear that provides a covering for the toes |
| top, cover | covering for a hole (especially a hole in the top of a container) |
| upholstery | Covering (padding and springs and webbing and fabric) on a piece of furniture |
| wrapping, wrap, wrapper | The covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped |
| Broader | artifact, artefact | A man-made object taken as a whole |
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| Spanish | cobertura, cubierta |
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| Catalan | coberta |
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| Verbs | cover | provide with a covering or cause to be covered |
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