COVER SLIP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cover slip mean? 

• COVER SLIP (noun)
  The noun COVER SLIP has 1 sense:

1. a small and very thin piece of glass used to cover the specimen on a microscope slide

  Familiarity information: COVER SLIP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COVER SLIP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A small and very thin piece of glass used to cover the specimen on a microscope slide

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

cover glass; cover slip

Hypernyms ("cover slip" is a kind of...):

plate glass; sheet glass (glass formed into large thin sheets)

Holonyms ("cover slip" is a part of...):

microscope slide; slide (a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study)