LENS HOOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lens hood mean? 

• LENS HOOD (noun)
  The noun LENS HOOD has 1 sense:

1. a tubular attachment used to keep stray light out of the lens of a camera

  Familiarity information: LENS HOOD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LENS HOOD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A tubular attachment used to keep stray light out of the lens of a camera

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

hood; lens hood

Hypernyms ("lens hood" is a kind of...):

attachment (a supplementary part or accessory)

Holonyms ("lens hood" is a part of...):

camera; photographic camera (equipment for taking photographs (usually consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other))

camera; television camera; tv camera (television equipment consisting of a lens system that focuses an image on a photosensitive mosaic that is scanned by an electron beam)