cover

A lid.

Area or situation which screens a person or thing from view.

The soldiers took cover behind a ruined building.

The front and back of a book, magazine, CD package, etc.

The top sheet of a bed.

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.

A cover charge.

There's a $15 cover tonight.

A setting at a restaurant table or formal dinner.

We need to set another cover for the Smith party.

A new performance or rerecording of a previously recorded song; a cover version; a cover song.

A fielding position on the off side, between point and mid off, about 30° forward of square; a fielder in this position.

A set (more often known as a family) of sets, whose union contains the given set.

The open intervals are a cover for the real numbers.

An envelope complete with stamps and postmarks etc.

A solid object, including terrain, that provides protection from enemy fire.

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.

An insurance contract; coverage by an insurance contract.

A persona maintained by a spy or undercover operative; cover story.

A swindler's confederate.

The portion of a slate, tile, or shingle that is hidden by the overlap of the course above.

In a steam engine, the lap of a slide valve.

The distance between reinforcing steel and the exterior of concrete.