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COVERING MATERIAL

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A material used by builders to cover surfaces

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("covering material" is a kind of...):

building material (material used for constructing buildings)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "covering material"):

fiberglass; fibreglass (a covering material made of glass fibers in resins)

lino; linoleum (a floor covering)

plaster (a mixture of lime or gypsum with sand and water; hardens into a smooth solid; used to cover walls and ceilings)

puddle (a mixture of wet clay and sand that can be used to line a pond and that is impervious to water when dry)

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