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(n)
A physical divider intended to block an area from view, or provide shelter from something dangerous.
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(countable, nautical) A sheltered expanse of water, adjacent to land, in which ships may anchor or dock, especially for loading and unloading.
(Commonwealth spelling) Standard spelling of harbor.
(adj)
Possessing, wearing, or fitted out with armour.
(uncountable) A protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces.
A piece of armor that covers the chest.
A long, narrow strip of material used for decoration of clothing or the hair or gift wrapping.
The fore piece of a cap, projecting over, and protecting the eyes.
(countable, clothing) An outer garment covering the upper torso and arms.
A long outer garment worn over the shoulders covering the back; a cape, often with a hood.
A heavy garment worn over other clothes, for protection from cold or weather.
A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection.
(construction) A weatherproof, insulating or decorative covering fixed to the outside of a building.
A lid.
A cloth-covered frame used for protection against rain or sun.
A thin outer layer.
(uncountable, dentistry) An accumulation of biofilm, or bacteria, on teeth, which may develop into dental calculus (tartar).
(card games) A pack or set of playing cards.
British standard spelling of armor.
A structure that bars passage.
(military) A self-propelled projectile whose trajectory can be adjusted after it is launched. [from 20th c.]
(architecture) The face of a building, especially the front view or elevation.
A defense or safeguard.
(military) A hardened shelter, often partly buried or fully underground, designed to protect the inhabitants from falling bombs or other attacks.
A slightly curved but almost flat dish from which food is served or eaten.
A shelter; a structure beneath which one shelters.
(countable) Somewhere one can find protection.
A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; an area of open country.
Any of a variety of materials designed to reduce the flow of heat, either from or into a building.
A concave vessel for drinking, usually made of opaque material (as opposed to a glass) and with a handle.
The summit of a hill or mountain ridge.
(countable) The skin of an animal.
(uncountable, countable) The state of containing.
A person who, or thing that, protects or watches over something.
A tag with one's name inscribed on it.
(countable) A collector of debts, especially one who is insistent and demanding.
Something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense.
defended
The process of keeping (something or someone) safe.
(v)
(transitive) To ward off attacks against; to fight to protect; to guard.
A distinctive mark, token, sign, emblem or cognizance, worn on one’s clothing, as an insignia of some rank, or of the membership of an organization.
(ambitransitive) To keep safe; to defend; to guard; to prevent harm coming to.
The action of defending or protecting from attack, danger, or injury.
A patch or other object that indicates a person's official or military rank, or membership in a group or organization.
Serving or intended to protect.
A means, attitude or position of defense.
The action of defending, of protecting from attack, danger or injury.
Someone who protects or guards, by assignment or on their own initiative.
Alternative form of facade. [(architecture) The face of a building, especially the front view or elevation.]
(computing) An electronic screen that shows graphics or text.
The breadth, depth or reach of a subject; the extent of applicability or relevance; a domain, purview or remit.
Material (such as clothing, makeup, a wig) used to alter one’s visual appearance in order to hide one's identity or assume another.
The body or frame of a vessel, such as a ship or plane.
(transitive, arithmetic) To remove or reduce; especially to reduce a quantity or number.
One who saves.
(transitive) To hide something from view or from public knowledge, to try to keep something secret.
A customer, as of a certain store or restaurant.
(sports) A competition to determine a champion, especially the final of a series of competitions.
(countable, uncountable) A visible fact that shows that something exists or may happen.
(transitive) To free (someone) from accusation or blame.
A false, contrived, or assumed purpose or reason; a pretense.
Something that has been isolated.
(chiefly medicine) Something which gives protection.
(chiefly uncountable) The state of being isolated, detached, or separated; the state of being away from other people.
(countable, uncountable) An explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgment; a plea offered in extenuation of a fault.
A person or company that provides a guarantee.
(historical) The European Currency Unit (symbol ₠), a currency used in the European Community before the euro.
The current currency of Cape Verde.
The unit of currency in Indonesia.
The former currency unit in the Netherlands, divided into 100 cents.
(figuratively) Guidance, protection; endorsement, sponsorship.
A surname.
One who has been released from something.
A hard protective covering of bone or chitin, especially one which covers the dorsal portion of an animal.
(heraldry) The shield on which a coat of arms is displayed, or, by extension, the coat of arms itself.
A splendid display of something.
A place of safety or refuge.
Protection, defence.
Misspelling of shield. [Anything that protects or defends; defense; shelter; protection.]
(clothing) A hard, protective head covering, typically part of armour.
A shepherd's hut or shieling.
(transitive) To make (something) deviate from its original path or position.
Something which deflects something else, especially a stream of fluid or particles.
To separate a body or material from others, e.g. by non-conductors to prevent the transfer of electricity, heat, etc.
An instrument of attack or defense in combat or hunting, e.g. most guns, missiles, or swords.
An assembly for protecting a space telescope from solar heat.
A type of mediaeval helmet which fully enclosed the head and face, first found in the 1420s in Milan.
(Japan) A pierced earring.