English words for 'A small shawl.'
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- an ornamental knot that resembles a small turban
- (Caribbean) The melon cactus.
- A kind of cooking-pan, having a tin core in the centre.
- (colloquial, dialect) A long-handled, round-headed broom for sweeping ceilings, etc.
- A knot, or any of various similar kinds of knot, resulting in a ball of rope.
- (California) Any of several species of Echinocactus.
noun
- (countable) A rich kind of shawl made from this wool.
- (countable, by extension) Any similar shawl.
- (chiefly uncountable) A soft fabric made of this wool.
- (chiefly uncountable) Fine, downy wool from beneath the outer hair of the Cashmere goat.
- a soft fabric made from the wool of the Cashmere goat
- the wool of the Kashmir goat
verb
noun
noun
- A loose piece of women's clothing that one wraps around the body; a shawl or scarf.
- (Australia, informal) Alternative spelling of rap (“appraisal”).
- A wraparound mortgage.
- (television, radio) A complete news report ready for broadcast, incorporating spoken reporting and other material.
- (automotive) A large sheet of self-adhesive material applied over a vehicle's paintwork for decorative or protective purposes.
- The act of wrapping
- Paper or sheeting that is wrapped around something to protect, contain, or conceal it.
- (entertainment) The completion of all or a major part of a performance.
- (poker slang) A straight draw in which there are more than 8 outs to complete the straight, especially in Omaha hold 'em.
- A type of food consisting of various ingredients wrapped in a tortilla or pancake.
- the covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped
- cloak that is folded or wrapped around a person
- a sandwich in which the filling is rolled up in a soft tortilla
verb
- (transitive) To enclose or coil around an object or organism, as a form of grasping.
- (transitive or intransitive) To (cause to) reset to an original value after passing a maximum.
- (transitive, lines, words, text, etc.) To break a continuous line (of text) onto the next line
- (transitive) To enclose (an object) completely in any flexible, thin material such as fabric or paper.
- (computing, transitive) To make functionality available through a software wrapper.
- (transitive, figurative) To conceal by enveloping or enfolding; to hide.
- (transitive or intransitive, video production) To finish shooting (filming) a video, television show, or movie.
- enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering
- arrange or fold as a cover or protection
- arrange or coil around
- crash into so as to coil around
noun
- A small decorative fold or flap, especially of lace or muslin, in a garment or headdress.
- a small lap on a garment or headdress
- A head-dress made with lappets for lace pendants.
- (zoology) A wattle or flap-like structure on the face.
- a fleshy wrinkled and often brightly colored fold of skin hanging from the neck or throat of certain birds (chickens and turkeys) or lizards
- medium-sized hairy moths; larvae are lappet caterpillars
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noun
verb
- (ambitransitive) To create a stitch by pulling the working yarn through an existing stitch from back to front.
- (transitive) To form into a knot, or into knots; to tie together, as cord; to fasten by tying.
- (transitive) To draw together; to contract into wrinkles.
- (intransitive) To grow together.
- (intransitive) To become closely and firmly joined; become compacted.
- (ambitransitive) To turn thread or yarn into a piece of fabric by forming loops that are pulled through each other. This can be done by hand with needles or by machine.
- (figuratively, transitive) To join closely and firmly together.
- (intransitive, of bones) To heal following a fracture.
- (transitive) To combine from various elements.
- to gather something into small wrinkles or folds
- make (textiles) by knitting
- tie or link together
noun
- A type of scarf.
- (US, automotive) A part of the exhaust pipe of a car that dampens the noise the engine produces.
- An accessory for a firearm that lessens the noise at the muzzle.
- (World War I military slang, rare) A gas mask.
- a scarf worn around the neck
- a device that decreases the amplitude of electronic, mechanical, acoustical, or aerodynamic oscillations
- a tubular acoustic device inserted in the exhaust system that is designed to reduce noise
noun
noun
- A loose-fitting sleeveless garment, made from aba or silk, worn by Arabs.
- a loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth; worn by Arabs
- An outer garment made of the above, very simple in form, worn by the Arabs of the desert. The illustration shows such an aba, made of two breadths of stuff sewed together to make an oblong about four by nine feet.
- An electric fish of species Gymnarchus niloticus (frankfish, freshwater rat-tail, African knifefish), found in swamps, lakes and rivers in Africa.
- A coarse, often striped, felted fabric from the Middle East, woven from goat or camel hair.
- An altazimuth used for astronomy on either land or water.
- Such a garment that is specific to women.
- a fabric woven from goat hair and camel hair
noun
- a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter
- a strip of land projecting into a body of water
- A sleeveless garment or part of a garment, hanging from the neck over the back, arms, and shoulders.
- (slang) A superhero.
- (geography) A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into a sea or lake; a promontory; a headland.
verb
noun
- a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter
- (zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell
- anything that covers
- the layer of the earth between the crust and the core
- the cloak as a symbol of authority
- hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
- shelf that projects from wall above fireplace
- (exogeology) Any similar layer in an exoplanet.
- (figuratively) A figurative garment representing authority or status, capable of affording protection.
- The zone of hot gases around a flame.
- (heraldry) A mantling.
- A piece of clothing somewhat like an open robe or cloak, especially that worn by Orthodox bishops.
- The outer wall and casing of a blast furnace, above the hearth.
- (geology) The layer between Earth's core and crust.
- (anatomy) The cerebral cortex.
- (figuratively) Anything that covers or conceals something else; a cloak.
- A penstock for a water wheel.
- Alternative spelling of mantel (“shelf above fireplace”).
- A gauzy fabric impregnated with metal nitrates, used in some kinds of gas and oil lamps and lanterns, which forms a rigid but fragile mesh of metal oxides when heated during initial use and then produces white light from the heat of the flame below it. (So called because it is hung above the lamp's flame like a mantel.)
- (malacology) The body wall of a mollusc, from which the shell is secreted.
- (ornithology) The back of a bird together with the folded wings.
verb
- spread over a surface, like a mantle
- cover like a mantle
- (intransitive) To become covered or concealed.
- (falconry) The action of stretching a wing and the same side leg out to one side of the body.
- To climb over or onto something.
- (transitive) To cover or conceal (something); to cloak; to disguise.
- (falconry) The action of stretching out the wings to hide food.
- (intransitive) To spread like a mantle (especially of blood in the face and cheeks when a person flushes).
noun
- A thin fabric made from this silk, as for scarves.
- (textiles) A kind of thrown raw silk, naturally nearly white, but capable of being dyed without scouring.
- Leptoptilos crumeniferus, a large wading bird native to Africa, with a naked head and neck adapted for scavenging.
- the downy feathers of marabou storks are used for trimming garments
- large African black-and-white carrion-eating stork; its downy underwing feathers are used to trim garments
noun
- a (cotton or silk) cloak with full sleeves and sash reaching down to the ankles; worn by men in the Levant
- a woman's dress style that imitates the caftan cloaks worn by men in the Near East
- A long dress or shirt similar in style to those worn in the Eastern Mediterranean.
- A long tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean.
noun
verb
noun
- a traditional Muslim headdress consisting of a long scarf wrapped around the head
- a small round woman's hat
- A towel wrapped around long wet hair in a manner resembling a turban.
- (clothing) A man's headdress made by winding a length of cloth round the head.
- The complete set of whorls of a spiral shell.
- A woman's close-fitting hat with little or no brim.
verb
noun
- A strip of fabric worn around the head.
- (printing) A thin slip of iron on the tympan of a printing press.
- A strip of fabric attached to the top of the spine of a book; used as decoration and reinforcement.
- A hair accessory, made of a flexible material and curved like a horseshoe, for holding one's hair back.
- a band worn around or over the head
noun
- garment consisting of a long wide piece of woolen cloth worn over the shoulders with an opening for the head; part of a monastic habit
- a feather covering the shoulder of a bird
- (ornithology) One of a special group of feathers which arise from each of the scapular regions and lie along the sides of the back.
- A bandage passing over the shoulder to support it, or to retain another bandage in place.
- (Christianity) A devotional object, typically consisting of two rectangular pieces of cloth (often with an embroidered image or text) joined with cloth bands and worn with one piece over the chest and one in the back.
- (Christianity) A short cloak worn around the shoulders, adopted as part of the uniform of various religious orders, later often with an embroidered image of a saint.
adj
noun
- garment consisting of a long wide piece of woolen cloth worn over the shoulders with an opening for the head; part of a monastic habit
- (ornithology) scapular
- A form of brace or suspender for keeping a belt or body bandage in place; it is made of a broad roller bandage split half way, the undivided part being in front, the divided ends passing over the shoulders and down the back.
adj
noun
- A narrow cotton lace, without figures.
- Stability or balance when standing on one's feet.
- A ground for the foot; place for the foot to rest on; firm foundation to stand on.
- (rare) A footprint or footprints; tracks, someone's trail.
- The act of adding up a column of figures; the amount or sum total of such a column.
- A standing; position; established place; foothold.
- The finer refuse part of whale blubber, not wholly deprived of oil.
- (architecture, engineering) The thickened or sloping portion of a wall, or of an embankment at its foot; foundation.
- A relative condition; state.
- The act of putting a foot to anything; also, that which is added as a foot
- (accounting) A double-check of the numbers vertically.
- status with respect to the relations between people or groups
- a place providing support for the foot in standing or climbing
- a relation that provides the foundation for something
verb
noun
noun
- A cloth worn beneath a robe or other garment and that peeks out.
- A cloth that is used as a base surface for some type of work, including cases where it is incorporated into the work.
- (more generally) A protective cloth that goes underneath something.
- A cloth that is placed beneath a saddle.
- A tablecloth laid directly on the table, over which are placed other coverings such as an additional tablecloth that allows the undercloth to show through, or an additional tablecloth that completely covers the undercloth when it is used for stability or noise muffling, or simple mats that provide additional protection.
- A type of fabric intended to be used as an undercloth.
- A cloth used to bind the breasts.
- A cloth used to cover the genitals.
- A cloth on which a body rests as bedding.
- The lower of two cloths that together perform some function.
- A fabric lining, especially one that adheres to the cloth that shows.
- Any of various undergarments made from a rectangular piece of cloth.
noun
- A long, loose garment with narrow sleeves and an opening in the front, generally worn by Turks.
- A short, close-fitting, heavily braided military jacket, usually worn under a pelisse, originally by hussars.
- A woman's garment with wide capelike sleeves.
- a woman's cloak with dolman sleeves
- a hussar's jacket worn over the shoulders
noun
noun
noun
noun
- an ornamental knot that resembles a small turban
- (Caribbean) The melon cactus.
- A kind of cooking-pan, having a tin core in the centre.
- (colloquial, dialect) A long-handled, round-headed broom for sweeping ceilings, etc.
- A knot, or any of various similar kinds of knot, resulting in a ball of rope.
- (California) Any of several species of Echinocactus.
noun
- (countable) A rich kind of shawl made from this wool.
- (countable, by extension) Any similar shawl.
- (chiefly uncountable) A soft fabric made of this wool.
- (chiefly uncountable) Fine, downy wool from beneath the outer hair of the Cashmere goat.
- a soft fabric made from the wool of the Cashmere goat
- the wool of the Kashmir goat
noun
- A loose piece of women's clothing that one wraps around the body; a shawl or scarf.
- (Australia, informal) Alternative spelling of rap (“appraisal”).
- A wraparound mortgage.
- (television, radio) A complete news report ready for broadcast, incorporating spoken reporting and other material.
- (automotive) A large sheet of self-adhesive material applied over a vehicle's paintwork for decorative or protective purposes.
- The act of wrapping
- Paper or sheeting that is wrapped around something to protect, contain, or conceal it.
- (entertainment) The completion of all or a major part of a performance.
- (poker slang) A straight draw in which there are more than 8 outs to complete the straight, especially in Omaha hold 'em.
- A type of food consisting of various ingredients wrapped in a tortilla or pancake.
- the covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped
- cloak that is folded or wrapped around a person
- a sandwich in which the filling is rolled up in a soft tortilla
verb
- (transitive) To enclose or coil around an object or organism, as a form of grasping.
- (transitive or intransitive) To (cause to) reset to an original value after passing a maximum.
- (transitive, lines, words, text, etc.) To break a continuous line (of text) onto the next line
- (transitive) To enclose (an object) completely in any flexible, thin material such as fabric or paper.
- (computing, transitive) To make functionality available through a software wrapper.
- (transitive, figurative) To conceal by enveloping or enfolding; to hide.
- (transitive or intransitive, video production) To finish shooting (filming) a video, television show, or movie.
- enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering
- arrange or fold as a cover or protection
- arrange or coil around
- crash into so as to coil around
noun
- A small decorative fold or flap, especially of lace or muslin, in a garment or headdress.
- a small lap on a garment or headdress
- A head-dress made with lappets for lace pendants.
- (zoology) A wattle or flap-like structure on the face.
- a fleshy wrinkled and often brightly colored fold of skin hanging from the neck or throat of certain birds (chickens and turkeys) or lizards
- medium-sized hairy moths; larvae are lappet caterpillars
verb
noun
verb
- (ambitransitive) To create a stitch by pulling the working yarn through an existing stitch from back to front.
- (transitive) To form into a knot, or into knots; to tie together, as cord; to fasten by tying.
- (transitive) To draw together; to contract into wrinkles.
- (intransitive) To grow together.
- (intransitive) To become closely and firmly joined; become compacted.
- (ambitransitive) To turn thread or yarn into a piece of fabric by forming loops that are pulled through each other. This can be done by hand with needles or by machine.
- (figuratively, transitive) To join closely and firmly together.
- (intransitive, of bones) To heal following a fracture.
- (transitive) To combine from various elements.
- to gather something into small wrinkles or folds
- make (textiles) by knitting
- tie or link together
noun
- A type of scarf.
- (US, automotive) A part of the exhaust pipe of a car that dampens the noise the engine produces.
- An accessory for a firearm that lessens the noise at the muzzle.
- (World War I military slang, rare) A gas mask.
- a scarf worn around the neck
- a device that decreases the amplitude of electronic, mechanical, acoustical, or aerodynamic oscillations
- a tubular acoustic device inserted in the exhaust system that is designed to reduce noise
noun
noun
- A loose-fitting sleeveless garment, made from aba or silk, worn by Arabs.
- a loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth; worn by Arabs
- An outer garment made of the above, very simple in form, worn by the Arabs of the desert. The illustration shows such an aba, made of two breadths of stuff sewed together to make an oblong about four by nine feet.
- An electric fish of species Gymnarchus niloticus (frankfish, freshwater rat-tail, African knifefish), found in swamps, lakes and rivers in Africa.
- A coarse, often striped, felted fabric from the Middle East, woven from goat or camel hair.
- An altazimuth used for astronomy on either land or water.
- Such a garment that is specific to women.
- a fabric woven from goat hair and camel hair
noun
- a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter
- a strip of land projecting into a body of water
- A sleeveless garment or part of a garment, hanging from the neck over the back, arms, and shoulders.
- (slang) A superhero.
- (geography) A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into a sea or lake; a promontory; a headland.
verb
noun
- a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter
- (zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell
- anything that covers
- the layer of the earth between the crust and the core
- the cloak as a symbol of authority
- hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
- shelf that projects from wall above fireplace
- (exogeology) Any similar layer in an exoplanet.
- (figuratively) A figurative garment representing authority or status, capable of affording protection.
- The zone of hot gases around a flame.
- (heraldry) A mantling.
- A piece of clothing somewhat like an open robe or cloak, especially that worn by Orthodox bishops.
- The outer wall and casing of a blast furnace, above the hearth.
- (geology) The layer between Earth's core and crust.
- (anatomy) The cerebral cortex.
- (figuratively) Anything that covers or conceals something else; a cloak.
- A penstock for a water wheel.
- Alternative spelling of mantel (“shelf above fireplace”).
- A gauzy fabric impregnated with metal nitrates, used in some kinds of gas and oil lamps and lanterns, which forms a rigid but fragile mesh of metal oxides when heated during initial use and then produces white light from the heat of the flame below it. (So called because it is hung above the lamp's flame like a mantel.)
- (malacology) The body wall of a mollusc, from which the shell is secreted.
- (ornithology) The back of a bird together with the folded wings.
verb
- spread over a surface, like a mantle
- cover like a mantle
- (intransitive) To become covered or concealed.
- (falconry) The action of stretching a wing and the same side leg out to one side of the body.
- To climb over or onto something.
- (transitive) To cover or conceal (something); to cloak; to disguise.
- (falconry) The action of stretching out the wings to hide food.
- (intransitive) To spread like a mantle (especially of blood in the face and cheeks when a person flushes).
noun
- A thin fabric made from this silk, as for scarves.
- (textiles) A kind of thrown raw silk, naturally nearly white, but capable of being dyed without scouring.
- Leptoptilos crumeniferus, a large wading bird native to Africa, with a naked head and neck adapted for scavenging.
- the downy feathers of marabou storks are used for trimming garments
- large African black-and-white carrion-eating stork; its downy underwing feathers are used to trim garments
noun
- a (cotton or silk) cloak with full sleeves and sash reaching down to the ankles; worn by men in the Levant
- a woman's dress style that imitates the caftan cloaks worn by men in the Near East
- A long dress or shirt similar in style to those worn in the Eastern Mediterranean.
- A long tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean.
noun
verb
noun
- a traditional Muslim headdress consisting of a long scarf wrapped around the head
- a small round woman's hat
- A towel wrapped around long wet hair in a manner resembling a turban.
- (clothing) A man's headdress made by winding a length of cloth round the head.
- The complete set of whorls of a spiral shell.
- A woman's close-fitting hat with little or no brim.
verb
noun
- A strip of fabric worn around the head.
- (printing) A thin slip of iron on the tympan of a printing press.
- A strip of fabric attached to the top of the spine of a book; used as decoration and reinforcement.
- A hair accessory, made of a flexible material and curved like a horseshoe, for holding one's hair back.
- a band worn around or over the head
noun
- garment consisting of a long wide piece of woolen cloth worn over the shoulders with an opening for the head; part of a monastic habit
- a feather covering the shoulder of a bird
- (ornithology) One of a special group of feathers which arise from each of the scapular regions and lie along the sides of the back.
- A bandage passing over the shoulder to support it, or to retain another bandage in place.
- (Christianity) A devotional object, typically consisting of two rectangular pieces of cloth (often with an embroidered image or text) joined with cloth bands and worn with one piece over the chest and one in the back.
- (Christianity) A short cloak worn around the shoulders, adopted as part of the uniform of various religious orders, later often with an embroidered image of a saint.
adj
noun
- garment consisting of a long wide piece of woolen cloth worn over the shoulders with an opening for the head; part of a monastic habit
- (ornithology) scapular
- A form of brace or suspender for keeping a belt or body bandage in place; it is made of a broad roller bandage split half way, the undivided part being in front, the divided ends passing over the shoulders and down the back.
adj
noun
- A narrow cotton lace, without figures.
- Stability or balance when standing on one's feet.
- A ground for the foot; place for the foot to rest on; firm foundation to stand on.
- (rare) A footprint or footprints; tracks, someone's trail.
- The act of adding up a column of figures; the amount or sum total of such a column.
- A standing; position; established place; foothold.
- The finer refuse part of whale blubber, not wholly deprived of oil.
- (architecture, engineering) The thickened or sloping portion of a wall, or of an embankment at its foot; foundation.
- A relative condition; state.
- The act of putting a foot to anything; also, that which is added as a foot
- (accounting) A double-check of the numbers vertically.
- status with respect to the relations between people or groups
- a place providing support for the foot in standing or climbing
- a relation that provides the foundation for something
verb
noun
noun
- A cloth worn beneath a robe or other garment and that peeks out.
- A cloth that is used as a base surface for some type of work, including cases where it is incorporated into the work.
- (more generally) A protective cloth that goes underneath something.
- A cloth that is placed beneath a saddle.
- A tablecloth laid directly on the table, over which are placed other coverings such as an additional tablecloth that allows the undercloth to show through, or an additional tablecloth that completely covers the undercloth when it is used for stability or noise muffling, or simple mats that provide additional protection.
- A type of fabric intended to be used as an undercloth.
- A cloth used to bind the breasts.
- A cloth used to cover the genitals.
- A cloth on which a body rests as bedding.
- The lower of two cloths that together perform some function.
- A fabric lining, especially one that adheres to the cloth that shows.
- Any of various undergarments made from a rectangular piece of cloth.
noun
- A long, loose garment with narrow sleeves and an opening in the front, generally worn by Turks.
- A short, close-fitting, heavily braided military jacket, usually worn under a pelisse, originally by hussars.
- A woman's garment with wide capelike sleeves.
- a woman's cloak with dolman sleeves
- a hussar's jacket worn over the shoulders