protection

Noun
  1. The activity of protecting someone or something (synset 100819341)
    "the witnesses demanded police protection"
    is a type of: activity - any specific behavior
    subtypes:
  2. A covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury (synset 104020673)
    "they had no protection from the fallout"; "wax provided protection for the floors"
    is a type of: covering - an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it)
    subtypes:
    • armor, armour - protective covering made of metal and used in combat
    • bell glass, bell jar - a bell-shaped glass cover used to protect and display delicate objects or to cover scientific apparatus or to contain gases
    • binder, ring-binder - holds loose papers or magazines
    • back, binding, book binding, cover - the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book
    • blind, screen - a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight
    • armguard, bracer - a protective covering for the wrist or arm that is used in archery and fencing and other sports
    • cap - something serving as a cover or protection
    • cloche - a low transparent cover put over young plants to protect them from cold
    • coaster - a covering (plate or mat) that protects the surface of a table (i.e., from the condensation on a cold glass or bottle)
    • cold frame - protective covering consisting of a wooden frame with a glass top in which small plants are protected from the cold
    • crystal, watch crystal, watch glass - a protective cover that protects the face of a watch
    • dust cover - a removable plastic protective covering for a piece of equipment
    • faceplate - a protective covering for the front of a machine or device (as a door lock or computer component)
    • cladding, facing - a protective covering that protects the outside of a building
    • fall-board, fallboard - the hinged protective covering that protects the keyboard of a piano when it is not being played
    • escutcheon, finger plate, scutcheon - a flat protective covering (on a door or wall etc) to prevent soiling by dirty fingers
    • heat shield - a protective covering that protects a spacecraft from overheating on reentry
    • bonnet, cowl, cowling, hood - protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine
    • housing - a protective cover designed to contain or support a mechanical component
    • lamp shade, lampshade, shade - a protective ornamental covering for a lamp, used to screen a light bulb from direct view
    • liner, lining - a protective covering that protects an inside surface
    • mask - a protective covering worn over the face
    • mulch - a protective covering of rotting vegetable matter spread to reduce evaporation and soil erosion
    • roof - a protective covering that covers or forms the top of a building
    • roof - protective covering on top of a motor vehicle
    • screen - a protective covering consisting of netting; can be mounted in a frame
    • shade - protective covering that protects something from direct sunlight
    • sheath - a protective covering (as for a knife or sword)
    • overlay, overlayer, sheathing - protective covering consisting, for example, of a layer of boards applied to the studs and joists of a building to strengthen it and serve as a foundation for a weatherproof exterior
    • shelter - protective covering that provides protection from the weather
    • shield - a protective covering or structure
    • dashboard, splashboard, splasher - protective covering consisting of a panel to protect people from the splashing water or mud etc.
    • splasher - a protective covering over or beside a wheel to protect the upper part of a vehicle from splashes of mud
    • testudo - a movable protective covering that provided protection from above; used by Roman troops when approaching the walls of a besieged fortification
    • thumbstall - protective covering for an injured thumb
    • toecap - a protective leather or steel cover for the toe of a boot or shoe, reinforcing or decorating it
    • splashboard, washboard - protective covering consisting of a broad plank along a gunwale to keep water from splashing over the side
    same as: protective cover, protective covering
  3. Defense against financial failure;
    Financial independence (synset 113365086)
    "his pension gave him security in his old age"; "insurance provided protection against loss of wages due to illness"
    is a type of: assets - anything of material value or usefulness that is owned by a person or company
    subtypes:
    • easy street - financial security
    • hedge, hedging - any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk; for example, taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change
    • insurance - promise of reimbursement in the case of loss; paid to people or companies so concerned about hazards that they have made prepayments to an insurance company
    same as: security
  4. The condition of being protected (synset 114563562)
    "they were huddled together for protection"; "he enjoyed a sense of peace and protection in his new home"
    is a type of: security - the state of being free from danger or injury
    subtypes:
    same as: shelter
  5. Kindly endorsement and guidance (synset 101217353)
    "the tournament was held under the auspices of the city council"
    is a type of: endorsement, indorsement - the act of endorsing
    same as: aegis, auspices
  6. The imposition of duties or quotas on imports in order to protect domestic industry against foreign competition (synset 101130195)
    "he made trade protection a plank in the party platform"
    is a type of: imposition, infliction - the act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo)
    same as: trade protection
  7. Payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence (synset 100786409)
    "every store in the neighborhood had to pay him protection"
    is a type of: extortion - the felonious act of extorting money (as by threats of violence)
    same as: tribute

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