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veil

Definition:

(nou) a garment that covers the head and face (nou) a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms (nou) the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth) (nou) a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl

Phonetic Transcription:

veɪl

Examples:

Part of the veil comes forward to cover the eyebrows.

The husk covering the grains represents the worldly desires that veil the soul.

The klobuk is placed over the head backwards, so the veil covers the face.

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