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cobertura — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • boot noun A sturdy shoe that covers the foot and part of the leg.
  • coat noun An outer garment worn over other clothes, typically with sleeves.
  • cover verb To place something over another thing to protect, conceal, or shield it.
  • coverage noun The amount and depth of attention a topic or event receives in the news or other media.
  • penthouse noun A luxury apartment on the top floor of a building, usually with wide views.

Senses

cobertura is used for these senses in English:

  • boot (construction) A flexible cover of rubber or plastic, which may be preformed to a particular shape and used to protect a shaft, lever, switch, or opening from dust, dirt, moisture, etc.
  • coat (countable) A covering of material, such as paint.
  • cover (combinatorics, topology) A collection (or family) of subsets of a given set, whose union contains every element of said original set.
  • penthouse An apartment or suite found on an upper floor, or floors, of a tall building, especially one that is expensive or luxurious with panoramic views. [from 19th c.]

boot — full definition

  1. noun A sturdy shoe that covers the foot and part of the leg.
  2. noun The luggage storage compartment of a car (British English); called a "trunk" in American English.
  3. noun A device clamped to a car's wheel to immobilize it, usually for unpaid fines (also called a wheel clamp).
  4. verb To kick something or someone.
  5. verb To dismiss or eject someone.

coat — full definition

  1. noun An outer garment worn over other clothes, typically with sleeves.
  2. noun A layer of a substance, such as paint, covering a surface.
  3. noun The fur or hair covering an animal.
  4. verb To cover something with a layer of a substance.

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