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veil


veil - noun

  • a garment that covers the head and face
  • a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms
  • the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth)
  • a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl

    • veil - verb

    • to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil
    • make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing

    veil - thesaurus

    caul   hide   obliterate   obscure   velum  


    View spelling list ei saying /ay/ and learn about the word veil in the Spellzone English spelling course, Unit 21. The 'I' before 'e' rule – does it work?.

    Scrabble score for veil

    v is 4 e is 1 i is 1 l is 1
    Scrabble score = 7

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