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FACE VEIL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does face veil mean?
• FACE VEIL (noun)
The noun FACE VEIL has 1 sense:
1. a piece of more-or-less transparent material that covers the face
Familiarity information: FACE VEIL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A piece of more-or-less transparent material that covers the face
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("face veil" is a kind of...):
head covering; veil (a garment that covers the head and face)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "face veil"):
niqab (a face veil covering the lower part of the face (up to the eyes) worn by observant Muslim women)
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