protective covering
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protective covering — noun 1. a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury they had no protection from the fallout wax provided protection for the floors • Syn: ↑protective cover, ↑protection • Derivationally related forms: ↑protect ( … Useful english dictionary
protective cover — noun a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury they had no protection from the fallout wax provided protection for the floors • Syn: ↑protective covering, ↑protection • Derivationally related forms: ↑protect ( … Useful english dictionary
protective — protectively, adv. protectiveness, n. /preuh tek tiv/, adj. 1. having the quality or function of protecting: a protective covering. 2. tending to protect. 3. Econ. of, pertaining to, or designed to favor protectionism: protective tariffs. 4.… … Universalium
protective — pro•tec•tive [[t]prəˈtɛk tɪv[/t]] adj. 1) having the quality or function of protecting: a protective covering; protective custody[/ex] 2) tending to protect 3) bus pertaining to or favoring protectionism • Etymology: 1655–65 pro•tec′tive•ly, adv … From formal English to slang
protective — pro·tec·tive adj: of, relating to, or providing protection Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. protective I … Law dictionary
protective — [adj] guarding, securing careful, conservational, conservative, covering, custodial, defensive, emergency, guardian, insulating, jealous, possessive, preservative, protecting, safeguarding, sheltering, shielding, vigilant, warm, watchful;… … New thesaurus
covering — index cover (protection), disguise, panoply, protection, protective, shelter (protection), veil … Law dictionary
protective — Synonyms and related words: careful, conservational, conservationist, conservative, conservatory, conserving, covering, custodial, defending, defensive, fostering, guardian, guarding, heedful, immunizing, jealous, keeping, parental, possessive,… … Moby Thesaurus
covering — Synonyms and related words: assimilating, bigness, blanket, blanketing, border, brooding, burial, burying, calcimining, circumference, cloak, cloaking, clouding, coat, coating, collop, comprising, concealedness, concealing, concealment,… … Moby Thesaurus
covering — cover ► VERB 1) put something over or in front of (someone or something) so as to protect or conceal. 2) spread or extend over. 3) deal with. 4) travel (a specified distance). 5) (of money) be enough to pay for. 6) (of insurance) protect against… … English terms dictionary
