| Main Entry: | membrane |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | covering layer |
Synonyms: |
film, lamina, leaf, mucosa, placenta, sheath, sheet |
| Notes: | tissue is a collection of cells that form a thin but tough structure and each type of tissue has a special function; a membrane is a thin layer of tissue |
| Main Entry: | coat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | animal hair |
Synonyms: |
crust, ectoderm, epidermis, felt, fleece, fur, hide, husk, integument, leather, membrane, pelage, pellicle, pelt, peltry, protective covering, rind, scale, scarfskin, shell, skin, wool |
| Notes: | skin is the general term for an animal's outer covering; the layer of fur, hair, or wool is the coat; hide is the tough skin of certain large animals that is tanned and made into leather; pelt is untanned skin of fur-bearing animals |
| Main Entry: | coating |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | covering |
Synonyms: |
blanket, bloom, coat, crust, dusting, encrustation, film, finish, glaze, lamination, layer, membrane, patina, sheet, skin, varnish, veneer |
| Main Entry: | film |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | coating, tissue; mist |
Synonyms: |
blur, brume, cloud, coat, covering, dusting, fabric, foil, fold, gauze, haze, haziness, integument, layer, leaf, membrane, mistiness, nebula, obscuration, opacity, partition, pellicle, scum*, sheet, skin, transparency, veil, web |
| Main Entry: | flake |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | scale, peel |
Synonyms: |
cell, disk, drop, foil, lamella, lamina, layer, leaf, membrane, pellicle, plate, scab, section, shaving, sheet, skin, slice, sliver, wafer |
| Main Entry: | sheet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | coating, covering; page |
Synonyms: |
area, blanket, coat, expanse, film, foil, folio, lamina, layer, leaf, membrane, overlay, pane, panel, piece, plate, ply, slab, stratum, stretch, surface, sweep, veneer |
| Main Entry: | skin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | outer covering, especially of animate being |
Synonyms: |
bark, carapace, case, casing, coating, crust, cutis, derma, dermis, epidermis, fell, film, fur, hide, hull, husk, integument, jacket, membrane, outside, parchment, peel, pelt, rind, sheath, sheathing, shell, shuck, slough, surface, tegument, vellum |
Antonyms: |
body, core, interior, middle |
| Main Entry: | velum |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | covering |
Synonyms: |
membrane, palate, veil |
| Main Entry: | lamina |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | skin |
Synonyms: |
bark, carapace, case, casing, coating, crust, cutis, derma, dermis, epidermis, fell, film, fur, hide, hull, husk, integument, jacket, membrane, outside, parchment, peel, pelt, rind, sheath, sheathing, shell, shuck, slough, surface, tegument, vellum |