па́нцирь — meaning in English

English meaning

• armor noun A protective covering, worn or fitted, that shields a body, vehicle, or object from damage.
• carapace noun A hard protective covering of bone or chitin, especially one which covers the dorsal portion of an animal.
• crust noun The hard outer layer of something, especially bread or the Earth.
• 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.
• test noun A set of questions or tasks used to check someone's knowledge or ability.

Senses

па́нцирь is used for these senses in English:

• armor (uncountable) A natural form of this kind of protection on an animal's body.
• carapace A hard protective covering of bone or chitin, especially one which covers the dorsal portion of an animal.
• crust (geology) The outermost layer of the lithosphere of the Earth.
• shard A tough scale, sheath, or shell; especially an elytron of a beetle.
• shell The calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other invertebrates.
• shell (computing) An operating system software user interface, whose primary purpose is to launch other programs and control their interactions; the user's command interpreter. Shell is a way to separate the internal complexity of the implementation of the command from the user. The internals can change while the user experience/interface remains the same.
• test (marine biology) The external calciferous shell, or endoskeleton, of an echinoderm, e.g. sand dollars and sea urchins; testa.Two sea urchin tests

armor — full definition

1. noun A protective covering, worn or fitted, that shields a body, vehicle, or object from damage.
2. verb To fit or cover something with a protective layer.

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.

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