concealment
3
6.8
- noun
- /kənˈsiːlmənt/
:
cobertura
- Cautiously, she eased away from the ramp and crawled a little way out of concealment.
It's the right size frame for concealment, it has the most accessories per gun in the industry.
- It's the right size frame for concealment, it has the most accessories per gun in the industry.
- I have filled these tunnels with an endless net of spells, spells of sleep, of stillness, of concealment.
- And you find yourself when you enter a room just sort of unconsciously looking for cover or concealment.
- When we used the jib, a dummy would pop up out of a concealment device replacing the officer who had just stepped out of the car.
- I understood about backdrops, aerial drop, front drops, camouflage and concealment, shapes, silhouette shine, stuff like that.
- So the link to both Phalanx concealment, if you want to buy a holster, they're all handmade custom.
Examples
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Your concealment and camouflage work is definitely improving.
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Then its caudal fin flexed and it darted into concealment, its wake upsetting the placid diver.
Fiction book (1994) -
It's the right size frame for concealment, it has the most accessories per gun in the industry.
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One is the concealment of the bumpers in this car.
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I found myself a place of concealment, like when I was on manoeuvres.
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Your men are aware of this camp's policy... concerning the possession and concealment of weapons... are they not?
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When the fish drifted into concealment behind the coral ridge, Howard returned to himself with a shock.
Fiction book (1994) -
Moments later, Stresa stopped abruptly and drew them back into the concealment of a cluster of rocks.
Fiction book (1992) -
But small, fast-moving insurgent forces can find adequate concealment throughout the region (Hoffman 2004).
Academic text (2005) -
The detective found the thief hiding in the concealment of the old shed.
Synonyms
520
4.6
Shelter that hides and protects people, for example behind sandbags
334
2.3
A thin mesh that keeps bugs out while letting air in
201
2.7
Being where other people cannot find you to stay safe
165
4.4
Keeping information hidden from other people
137
5.5
An attempt to hide a crime or scandal from the public
57
2.5
A secret place where nobody can find a person or thing
40
3.9
An outward appearance that hides someone's real identity or intentions
27
5.8
A thing that hides the true nature of something
26
4.6
A way of hiding something so it is not easily seen
8
1.5
Placing something over another thing to protect or hide it
1
7.9
A thick area of bushes where animals hide
1
8.2
Something that stops you from seeing or understanding
1
7.8
A state in which something is out of sight and hard to notice or understand
A covering or shelter that protects something from bad weather
Being secret so other people do not know about it
The state of being secret to avoid being noticed
Antonyms
How Concealing
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Concealment comes from Latin con- 'with' and celare 'to hide', the same root as conceal. So you can think of a bush, a shadow or a cover as a form of concealment because it hides or shelters something from view.