Noun Definition

veil

1.Definition: a garment that covers the head and face

Category: Objects

2.Definition: a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms

Related Noun(s):velum

Category: Plants

3.Definition: a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl

Category: Objects

4.Definition: the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth)

Related Noun(s):caul

Category: General