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cowl

noun verb

a loose hood or hooded robe (as worn by a monk)

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Word Facts

Word length
4
Starts with
C
Ends with
L
Contains
OW
Scrabble score
9
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

Meaning

Definitions

noun

  1. a loose hood or hooded robe (as worn by a monk)

noun

  1. protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine

    “there are powerful engines under the hoods of new cars”

verb

  1. cover with or as with a cowl

    “cowl the boys and veil the girls”

In context

Example Sentences

there are powerful engines under the hoods of new cars
the mechanic removed the cowling in order to repair the plane's engine
cowl the boys and veil the girls

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