kuori — meaning in English

English meaning

• apse noun The rounded end of a church, usually at the east end, where the altar stands.
• case noun A particular situation, instance, or set of facts.
• casing noun An outer covering that encloses or protects something.
• chancel noun The part of a church near the altar, often fenced off, where the priests and choir sit.
• choir noun A group of singers who perform together, often in a church or school.
• cod noun A large sea fish, especially Atlantic cod, widely eaten and central to many fisheries.
• corona noun The glowing outer atmosphere of the sun, visible as a bright ring during a total solar eclipse.
• cortex noun The outer layer of an organ or body part, especially the brain or a kidney.
• cortical adj Relating to the outer layer (cortex) of an organ, especially the brain.
• cover verb To place something over another thing to protect, conceal, or shield it.
• crust noun The hard outer layer of something, especially bread or the Earth.
• envelope noun A flat paper or cardboard cover used to hold and mail letters or documents.
• hull noun The main body of a ship, boat, or aircraft.
• husk noun The dry outer covering of certain fruits, seeds, or vegetables, such as corn.
• jacket noun A garment for the upper body, worn over a shirt, usually reaching the waist or thigh.
• peel verb To remove the skin or outer layer from something.
• rind noun The tough outer skin or covering of certain fruits, cheeses, or meats.
• shale noun A soft, fine-grained sedimentary rock that splits easily into thin layers.
• 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.
• skin noun The layer of tissue that covers and protects the body of an animal, including a person.
• test noun A set of questions or tasks used to check someone's knowledge or ability.
• tribune noun An elected official in ancient Rome who represented and protected the interests of ordinary citizens.
• zest noun The outer, colorful peel of a citrus fruit, grated or peeled off for its flavor.

Senses

kuori is used for these senses in English:

• apse (architecture) A semicircular projection from a building, especially the rounded east end of a church that contains the altar.
• apsis (architecture) A recess or projection, with a dome or vault, at the east end of a church; an apse.
• case The outer covering or framework of a piece of apparatus such as a computer.
• casing That which encloses or encases.
• chancel The space around the altar in a church, often enclosed, for use by the clergy and the choir. In medieval cathedrals the chancel was usually enclosed or blocked off from the nave by an altar screen.
• choir (architecture) Uncommon form of quire (“one quarter of a cruciform church, or the architectural area of a church used by the choir, often near the apse”).
• cod (UK, obsolete) A husk or integument; a pod.
• corona The main body of the test of an echinoid, consisting of ambulacral and interambulacral areas.

apse — full definition

1. noun The rounded end of a church, usually at the east end, where the altar stands.
2. noun A rounded, semicircular projection on any building, modeled on a church apse.

case — full definition

1. noun A particular situation, instance, or set of facts.
2. noun A matter under legal, medical, or professional investigation.
3. noun A container, box, or covering designed to hold or protect something.
4. noun Grammar: the form a noun, pronoun, or adjective takes to show its role in a sentence.
5. verb To pack something into a case, or to observe a place closely before a robbery.

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