protection
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- adjective
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the activity of protecting someone or something
the witnesses demanded police protection
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Sense 2 noun
a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury
they had no protection from the fallout
Types & categories
- covering
- armor
- bell jar
- ring-binder
- book binding
- screen
- bracer
- cap
- cloche
- coaster
- cold frame
- watch crystal
- dust cover
- faceplate
- cladding
- fallboard
- escutcheon
- heat shield
- cowl
- housing
- lining
- mask
- mulch
- roof
- roof
- screen
- shade
- sheath
- overlay
- shelter
- shield
- dashboard
- splasher
- testudo
- thumbstall
- toecap
- splashboard
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Sense 3 noun
defense against financial failure; financial independence
his pension gave him security in his old age
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Sense 4 noun
the condition of being protected
they were huddled together for protection
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Sense 5 noun
kindly endorsement and guidance
the tournament was held under the auspices of the city council
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Sense 6 noun
the imposition of duties or quotas on imports in order to protect domestic industry against foreign competition
he made trade protection a plank in the party platform
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Sense 7 noun
payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence
every store in the neighborhood had to pay him protection
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | protect |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | activity |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | air cover |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | shielding |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | preservation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | momism |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | defence |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | defense |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | inoculating |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | patrol |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | self-defense |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | insulation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | locking |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | escort |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | covering |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | immunization |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | guardianship |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ruggedization |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | waterproofing |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | civil defense |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | protect |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | covering |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | armor |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | bell jar |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | ring-binder |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | book binding |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | screen |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | bracer |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | cap |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | cloche |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | coaster |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | cold frame |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | watch crystal |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | dust cover |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | faceplate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | cladding |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | fallboard |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | escutcheon |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | heat shield |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | cowl |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | housing |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | lining |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | mask |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | mulch |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | roof |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | roof |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | screen |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | shade |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | sheath |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | overlay |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | shelter |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | shield |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | dashboard |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | splasher |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | testudo |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | thumbstall |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | toecap |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | splashboard |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | safe |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | assets |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | easy street |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | hedging |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | insurance |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | shelter |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | security |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | indemnity |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | radioprotection |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | endorsement |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | protect |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | infliction |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | extortion |