noun
carapace
Carapace (noun) means a tough shell made of bone or chitin that covers an animal's back for protection.
noun
1
A tough shell made of bone or chitin that covers an animal's back for protection.
2
Anything that shields or guards something.
"So, little by little, youth loosens the hard carapace of confining custom their elders have built over the human heart."
— Edward A. Ross, World Drift (1928)
"This is all a massive failure of science to pierce the carapace of public ignorance."
— Simon Jenkins, The proliferation of nuclear panic is politics at its most ghoulish (2010)
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What is the meaning of carapace?
"carapace" (noun) means a tough shell made of bone or chitin that covers an animal's back for protection.
What is another word for carapace?
Other words for "carapace" include shield, cuticle, shell.
What are the different meanings of carapace?
"carapace" has 2 main meanings: 1. A tough shell made of bone or chitin that covers an animal's back for protection; 2. Anything that shields or guards something.
