| 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: | 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: | peel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | skin, covering |
Synonyms: |
bark, cover, epicarp, exocarp, husk, peeling, pellicle, rind, shell, shuck |
Antonyms: |
innards, insides |