shroudnoun [ C ]
uk/ʃraʊd/us/ʃraʊd/shroud noun [ C ] (CLOTH)
a cloth or long, loose piece of clothing that is used to wrap a dead body before it is buried
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Burying, cremating and preserving bodies
- ash
- body bag
- casket
- coffin
- cremate
- cryonics
- exhume
- ghat
- green burial
- inter
- interment
- lay
- mummify
- mummy
- natural burial
- sarcophagus
- sati
- stuff
- suttee
- taxidermist
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shroud noun [ C ] (HIDE)
a layer of something that covers or surrounds something:
Everything was covered in a thick shroud of dust.
a situation that prevents something from being known or understood:
The truth about the accident remains hidden beneath a shroud of secrecy.
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Coverings and layers
- a blanket of sth idiom
- blanket
- casing
- cladding
- coating
- gilt
- layer
- lime
- lined
- lining
- mantle
- mat
- membrane
- rendering
- slick
- tier
- topcoat
- undercoat
- veneer
- wrap
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Hiding and disguising
shroudverb [ T ]
uk/ʃraʊd/us/ʃraʊd/to hide something by covering or surrounding it:
Visitors have complained about the scaffolding that shrouds half the castle.
Suddenly all the lights went out and the house was shrouded in darkness.
The mist shrouding the valley had lifted by eight o'clock.
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Hiding and disguising
- be holed up idiom
- bury
- camo
- camouflage
- cloak
- conceal
- concealment
- hit the deck idiom
- hole up (somewhere)
- illusion
- incognito
- infiltration
- obscure
- sidle
- skulk
- smokescreen
- snuck
- stash
- tuck
- veil
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Idiom(s)
be shrouded in secrecy/mystery