PROTECTIVE COVERING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does protective covering mean? 

• PROTECTIVE COVERING (noun)
  The noun PROTECTIVE COVERING has 2 senses:

1. a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury

2. the tough natural covering of some organisms

  Familiarity information: PROTECTIVE COVERING used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROTECTIVE COVERING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

protection; protective cover; protective covering

Context example:

wax provided protection for the floors

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

covering (an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it))

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

lamp shade; lampshade; shade (a protective ornamental covering for a lamp, used to screen a light bulb from direct view)

splashboard; washboard (protective covering consisting of a broad plank along a gunwale to keep water from splashing over the side)

liner; lining (a protective covering that protects an inside surface)

mask (a protective covering worn over the face)

mulch (a protective covering of rotting vegetable matter spread to reduce evaporation and soil erosion)

roof (a protective covering that covers or forms the top of a building)

roof (protective covering on top of a motor vehicle)

screen (a protective covering consisting of netting; can be mounted in a frame)

shade (protective covering that protects something from direct sunlight)

sheath (a protective covering (as for a knife or sword))

overlay; overlayer; sheathing (protective covering consisting, for example, of a layer of boards applied to the studs and joists of a building to strengthen it and serve as a foundation for a weatherproof exterior)

shelter (protective covering that provides protection from the weather)

shield (a protective covering or structure)

dashboard; splashboard; splasher (protective covering consisting of a panel to protect people from the splashing water or mud etc.)

splasher (a protective covering over or beside a wheel to protect the upper part of a vehicle from splashes of mud)

testudo (a movable protective covering that provided protection from above; used by Roman troops when approaching the walls of a besieged fortification)

thumbstall (protective covering for an injured thumb)

toecap (a protective leather or steel cover for the toe of a boot or shoe, reinforcing or decorating it)

cold frame (protective covering consisting of a wooden frame with a glass top in which small plants are protected from the cold)

armor; armour (protective covering made of metal and used in combat)

bell glass; bell jar (a bell-shaped glass cover used to protect and display delicate objects or to cover scientific apparatus or to contain gases)

binder; ring-binder (holds loose papers or magazines)

back; binding; book binding; cover (the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book)

blind; screen (a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight)

armguard; bracer (a protective covering for the wrist or arm that is used in archery and fencing and other sports)

cap (something serving as a cover or protection)

cloche (a low transparent cover put over young plants to protect them from cold)

coaster (a covering (plate or mat) that protects the surface of a table (i.e., from the condensation on a cold glass or bottle))

housing (a protective cover designed to contain or support a mechanical component)

crystal; watch crystal; watch glass (a protective cover that protects the face of a watch)

dust cover (a removable plastic protective covering for a piece of equipment)

faceplate (a protective covering for the front of a machine or device (as a door lock or computer component))

cladding; facing (a protective covering that protects the outside of a building)

fall-board; fallboard (the hinged protective covering that protects the keyboard of a piano when it is not being played)

escutcheon; finger plate; scutcheon (a flat protective covering (on a door or wall etc) to prevent soiling by dirty fingers)

heat shield (a protective covering that protects a spacecraft from overheating on reentry)

bonnet; cowl; cowling; hood (protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The tough natural covering of some organisms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

body covering (any covering for the body or a body part)

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

scute (large bony or horny plate as on an armadillo or turtle or the underside of a snake)

sclerite (hard plate or element of the exoskeleton of some arthropods)

clypeus (a shield-like plate on the front of an insect's head)

armor; armour (tough more-or-less rigid protective covering of an animal or plant)

 Context examples 

The protective covering surrounding the axon of neurons in the peripheral nervous system.

(Peripheral Nerve Sheath, NCI Thesaurus)

A tumor of the peripheral nervous system that arises in the nerve sheath (protective covering).

(Benign Schwannoma, NCI Dictionary)