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
- noun A hard protective covering of bone or chitin, especially one which covers the dorsal portion of an animal.
- noun That which protects.
plate — full definition
- noun A flat, shallow dish used for serving or eating food.
- noun A rigid piece of metal, glass, or other material with a flat, uniform shape.
- noun A vehicle's license plate.
- noun One of the large rigid sections of the Earth's crust that move over time; a tectonic plate.
- verb To coat the surface of an object with a thin layer of another metal.