κάλυμμα — meaning in English

English meaning

• hood noun A loose covering for the head, often part of a jacket or coat.
• jacket noun A garment for the upper body, worn over a shirt, usually reaching the waist or thigh.
• sleeve noun The part of a garment that covers the arm.

Senses

κάλυμμα is used for these senses in English:

• hood An enclosure that protects something, especially from above.
• jacket A protective or insulating cover for an object (e.g. a book, hot water tank, bullet.)
• sleeve The part of a garment that covers the arm. [from 10th c.]
• sleeve A tattoo covering the whole arm.

hood — full definition

1. noun A loose covering for the head, often part of a jacket or coat.
2. noun The hinged panel covering a car engine (called a "bonnet" in British English).
3. noun Informal: a neighbourhood, especially a poor or inner-city one.
4. verb To cover something with a hood.

jacket — full definition

1. noun A garment for the upper body, worn over a shirt, usually reaching the waist or thigh.
2. noun A protective outer covering or casing wrapped around something, such as a hot water tank or the skin of a baked potato.
3. verb To enclose or wrap something in a protective covering.

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