CLOAK
What does "CLOAK" mean?
A loose outer garment worn over the shoulders, or anything that conceals or covers.
Meanings
- A sleeveless outer garment that hangs loosely from the shoulders. She wrapped a velvet cloak around her shoulders.
- Something that conceals, hides, or disguises. The smugglers operated under a cloak of respectability. figurative
- To hide, conceal, or disguise. Heavy fog cloaked the harbour at dawn.
Did you know?
- 'Cloak' and 'clock' are long-lost cousins: both descend from the Medieval Latin 'clocca', meaning bell - the garment for its bell shape, the timepiece for the bells that rang the hour.
Word origin
From Medieval Latin 'clocca' meaning bell, via Old French 'cloque', so named because the wide hanging garment resembled a bell in shape; the same Latin root gave English 'clock'.
Remember it
A CLOAK is a CLOCK with an A - both hang and hide, both come from the same bell.
A little poem
Drawn close at the throat, it asks no questions-
the cloak keeps both the cold and the secret out,
and never tells which it was made for.
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Wordplay
- The magician's cloak and his clock had the same problem: both were always covering for the time.
What it teaches
A cloak hides the body easily; the harder trick is the part of yourself you drape it over.
Quick facts
What does CLOAK mean?
A loose outer garment worn over the shoulders, or anything that conceals or covers.
Is CLOAK a valid word?
Yes — CLOAK is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is CLOAK?
CLOAK has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does CLOAK come from?
From Medieval Latin 'clocca' meaning bell, via Old French 'cloque', so named because the wide hanging garment resembled a bell in shape; the same Latin root gave English 'clock'.
What can CLOAK teach us?
A cloak hides the body easily; the harder trick is the part of yourself you drape it over.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.