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kilpi — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • carapace noun A hard protective covering of bone or chitin, especially one which covers the dorsal portion of an animal.
  • plate noun A flat, shallow dish used for serving or eating food.
  • screen noun A flat surface on a device or in a cinema on which images or text are displayed.
  • shard noun A sharp broken piece of glass, pottery, or similar brittle material.
  • shell noun The hard outer covering of certain animals, such as snails, crabs, and turtles, or of eggs and nuts.
  • shield noun A piece of protective armour carried in the hand or on the arm to block blows or weapons.
  • sign noun A visible indication that something exists, is happening, or is about to happen.
  • target noun Something aimed at, such as a mark used for shooting practice.

Senses

kilpi is used for these senses in English:

  • Scutum (constellation) A small autumn constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a shield. It lies between the constellations of Aquila, Sagittarius, and the tail of Serpens.
  • carapace A hard protective covering of bone or chitin, especially one which covers the dorsal portion of an animal.
  • plate (especially, Australia, ;, metonymy, plurale tantum) Vehicle license plates, registration plates.
  • screen A physical divider intended to block an area from view, or provide shelter from something dangerous.
  • screen One of the individual regions of a video game, etc. divided into separate screens.
  • scute (zoology) A horny, chitinous, or bony external plate or scale, as on the shell of a turtle or the skin of crocodiles.
  • shard A tough scale, sheath, or shell; especially an elytron of a beetle.
  • shell The conjoined scutes that constitute the "shell" (carapace) of a tortoise or turtle.

carapace — full definition

  1. noun A hard protective covering of bone or chitin, especially one which covers the dorsal portion of an animal.
  2. noun That which protects.

plate — full definition

  1. noun A flat, shallow dish used for serving or eating food.
  2. noun A rigid piece of metal, glass, or other material with a flat, uniform shape.
  3. noun A vehicle's license plate.
  4. noun One of the large rigid sections of the Earth's crust that move over time; a tectonic plate.
  5. verb To coat the surface of an object with a thin layer of another metal.

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