penumbrae

noun

variants or penumbras
plural of penumbra
as in cloaks
something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth a penumbra of despair fell over the doomed city

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for penumbrae
  1. cloaks
  2. shrouds
  3. veils
  4. blankets
  5. curtains
  6. robes
  7. masks
  8. mantles
Noun
  • Throughout history, kings, queens and other members of the royal family have donned luxurious fur stoles, floor-length fur coats, capes with mink trims and cloaks with ermine edges (that's weasel fur).
    — Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 14 June 2026
  • The housekeepers greet me with genuine care, the bartenders create cocktails with panache and smiles, and the doormen and women jauntily pose for pictures in their thick Batman-style winter cloaks.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
Definition of cloaks
Noun
  • Like the men, the women all wore overalls, shapeless shrouds of dark denim.
    — Shyla Watson, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026
  • Understanding this dual existence could be key to solving the origins of dust shrouds in interacting supernovas.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 8 July 2026
Definition of shrouds
Noun
  • With diagnostic precision, shifting baseline syndrome puts a name on something that most of us have experienced—the ways in which the fog of forgetting veils experience.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026
  • The veils of the universe have thinned.
    — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 21 June 2026
Definition of veils
Noun
  • Air Canada, for example, offers complimentary pillows and blankets on many of its international flights, though other airlines may provide them in limited quantities or only upon request.
    — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 14 July 2026
  • In some, writers huddle under blankets in chairs watching playbacks of action sequences.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 13 July 2026
Definition of blankets
Noun
  • Upstairs, airy, uncluttered rooms contain pink marble tables, traditional Chinese wooden doors and maritime-blue curtains.
    — The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2026
  • Try tailored neutral floor-to-ceiling linen curtains or a simple Roman shade instead.
    — Kristin Hohenadel, The Spruce, 18 July 2026
Definition of curtains
Noun
  • What starts as a tender image of elder care, with younger performers slowly helping older women into robes and beds, transforms.
    — Lauren Oyler, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
  • All rooms come with air conditioning, coffee machine, safe, Wi-Fi, robes, slippers, Aesop products and a minibar.
    — Jonathan Samuels, TheWeek, 17 July 2026
Definition of robes
Noun
  • But that winning record masks the fact that this Argentina team has flirted with elimination on more than one occasion.
    — Ben Church, CNN Money, 19 July 2026
  • On this day, four guests — clad in masks, snorkels, flippers, and dressed in all black to reduce the risk of being confused for a fish by the sharks — clung onto a safety line and watched as the silky sharks encircled them.
    — Kate Waxman, Sun Sentinel, 19 July 2026
Definition of masks
Noun
  • Marble fireplace mantles sit at the heart of each.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 20 Mar. 2026
  • The house, built around 1849, is 23 feet wide and about 5,600 square feet with original details like pocket doors, crown moldings, fireplace mantles, and hardwood floors.
    — Kim Velsey, Curbed, 4 Dec. 2025
Definition of mantles
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