cowls

noun

plural of cowl
1
as in capes

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2
as in hoods

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cowls
  1. capes
  2. hoods
  3. mantillas
  4. helmets
  5. mantas
  6. berets
  7. shawls
  8. helms
Noun
  • The New York design and research company’s Vigils project demonstrates the process through four capes, titled Velum I through IV.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Some guests come in costumes of their own—velvet capes, lace-up bodices, and intricate braids.
    — Alessandra Schade, Vanity Fair, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of capes
Noun
  • All of the plumbing, as well as the kitchen hoods, had to be replaced, among other things.
    — Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Clean grease from cooking surfaces, range hoods, and filters.
    — Lynn Andriani, Martha Stewart, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of hoods
Noun
  • At the Palazzo Reale, an entire wall is punctuated by Picabia’s loose pencil and watercolor studies of the severe faces of Sevillian women, dark tresses piled high under lace mantillas.
    — Nicole Kaack, ARTnews.com, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Some of the women had their hair covered in lace mantillas, an old Catholic custom.
    — Jane Arraf, NPR, 23 June 2026
Definition of mantillas
Noun
  • Emergency responders in tactical helmets were seen on scene along with more than a dozen law enforcement vehicles, video from CNN affiliate WOI showed.
    — Andy Rose, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Maybe, just maybe, this is how most future helmets would look.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of helmets
Noun
  • From roughly October through March, higher concentrations of plankton can attract larger groups of mantas but make the water cloudier.
    — Sarah Bruning, Travel + Leisure, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Divers captured video footage of Galápagos sharks approaching manta rays and deliberately rubbing parts of their bodies, especially their heads, gill regions and sides, against the mantas’ undersides.
    — Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
Definition of mantas
Noun
  • Just with fewer berets, more robots and a much larger existential crisis hiding beneath the branding.
    — Edward Morris, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
  • The Her Alibi star shared a sweet photo of the pair kissing — while wearing matching berets, red neck scarves and striped shirts — in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
    — Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 28 July 2026
Definition of berets
Noun
  • In addition to Nyx’s resonant vocals, the classic costumes, flowing shawls and windswept hair of the real Nicks will transport audiences back in time.
    — Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Next to the workshop, a small showroom displays scarves, shawls, jackets, bags and other products made from Pulu and Zeter.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of shawls
Noun
  • Shimmy helms chorus duties before passing the baton to Future, who shades a woman he’s done with.
    — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 6 Nov. 2026
  • DeMicco helms Margie Claus from a script by Ben Falcone and Damon Jones.
    — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of helms
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