Entry Word: cloak

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth <the cloak of mystery that surrounds the royal family>

Synonyms curtain, hood, mantle, mask, shroud, veil

Related Words cover, screen, shield; facade (also façade), face, veneer

2 a sleeveless garment worn so as to hang over the shoulders, arms, and back <threw a cloak around his shoulders> — see ¹cape