HEAD COVERING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does head covering mean? 

• HEAD COVERING (noun)
  The noun HEAD COVERING has 1 sense:

1. a garment that covers the head and face

  Familiarity information: HEAD COVERING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HEAD COVERING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A garment that covers the head and face

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

head covering; veil

Hypernyms ("head covering" is a kind of...):

garment (an article of clothing)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "head covering"):

chadar; chaddar; chador; chuddar (a cloth used as a head covering (and veil and shawl) by Muslim and Hindu women)

face veil (a piece of more-or-less transparent material that covers the face)

yashmac; yashmak (the face veil worn by Muslim women)