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   hood

   /hʊd/

   noun

   • 1. a covering for the head and neck with an opening for the face, typically forming part of a coat or cloak: "a jacket with a detachable hood"
   • ▪ a large hood-shaped piece of fabric, typically trimmed with fur or a similar material, worn over the shoulders of a university gown or a surplice to indicate the wearer's degree.
   • ▪ a leather covering for a hawk's head.
   • 2. a thing resembling a hood in shape or use.
   • ▪ a folding waterproof cover of a car, pram, etc. British
   • ▪ the hinged metal canopy covering the engine of a motor vehicle; the bonnet. North American
   • ▪ a canopy to protect users of machinery or to remove fumes from it.
   • ▪ a structure or marking resembling a hood on the head or neck of an animal: "the hood of a rearing cobra"
   • ▪ the upper part of the flower of a plant such as a dead-nettle.

   verb

   • 1. put a hood on or over: "she was forced into a car, hooded, and taken to a cell"

   Word Origin Old Englishhōd, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch hoed, German Hut ‘hat’, also to hat.

   Derivatives

   • 1. hoodless adjective
   • 2. hoodlike adjective

   Scrabble Points: 8

   • H

     4

   • O

     1

   • O

     1

   • D

     2

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