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A lid.
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Area or situation which screens a person or thing from view.
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The soldiers took cover behind a ruined building.
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The front and back of a book, magazine, CD package, etc.
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The top sheet of a bed.
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A cloth, usually fitted, placed over an item such as a car or sofa to protect it from dust, rain, etc. when not in use.
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A cover charge.
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There's a $15 cover tonight.
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A setting at a restaurant table or formal dinner.
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We need to set another cover for the Smith party.
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A new performance or rerecording of a previously recorded song; a cover version; a cover song.
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A fielding position on the off side, between point and mid off, about 30° forward of square; a fielder in this position.
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A set (more often known as a family) of sets, whose union contains the given set.
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The open intervals are a cover for the real numbers.
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An envelope complete with stamps and postmarks etc.
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A solid object, including terrain, that provides protection from enemy fire.
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In commercial law, a buyer’s purchase on the open market of goods similar or identical to the goods contracted for after a seller has breached a contract of sale by failure to deliver the goods contracted for.
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An insurance contract; coverage by an insurance contract.
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A persona maintained by a spy or undercover operative; cover story.
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A swindler's confederate.
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The portion of a slate, tile, or shingle that is hidden by the overlap of the course above.
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In a steam engine, the lap of a slide valve.
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The distance between reinforcing steel and the exterior of concrete.