Word | Definitions | Synonyms |
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veil | (noun) a garment that covers the head and face | Synonyms: head covering |
(noun) a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl | Synonyms: humeral veil | |
(noun) the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth) | Synonyms: caul, embryonic membrane | |
(noun) a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms | Synonyms: velum |