cloaknoun
uk/kləʊk/us/kloʊk/cloak noun (PIECE OF CLOTHING)
[ C ] a loose outer piece of clothing without sleeves, that fastens at the neck, and is worn instead of a coat
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Coats, jackets & cloaks
- achkan
- anorak
- Barbour
- baseball jacket
- blazer
- donkey jacket
- double-breasted
- doublet
- down jacket
- down vest
- lumber jacket
- mac
- mackintosh
- mantle
- oilskin
- stole
- tailcoat
- three-quarter length
- trench coat
- tuxedo
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cloak noun (HIDE)
[ S or U ] something that hides, covers, or keeps something else secret:
The restaurant he owned was just a cloak for (= hid) his drug-dealing activities.
They left the house under cloak of darkness.
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Secrecy and privacy
- anonymity
- anonymize
- anonymous
- backroom
- backstage
- counsel
- dissimulation
- entre nous
- executive privilege
- furtive
- gatepost
- lid
- lip
- privately
- privileged
- sanctum
- secrecy
- secret
- skeleton
- sweep
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cloakverb [ T ]
uk/kləʊk/us/kloʊk/to cover or hide something:
He has always kept his love affairs cloaked in secrecy (= kept them secret).
The river is often cloaked in mist in the early morning.
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Hiding and disguising
- be holed up idiom
- bury
- camo
- camouflage
- conceal
- concealment
- cover/hide a multitude of sins idiom
- hole up (somewhere)
- illusion
- incognito
- infiltration
- lie doggo idiom
- obscure
- skulk
- smokescreen
- snuck
- stash
- stow
- tuck
- veil
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