SHIELD
-noun
1. any protection used to intercept blows, missiles, etc.,
such as a tough piece of armour carried on the arm
2. any similar protective device
3. Also called: scutcheon, escutcheon (heraldry) .
a pointed stylized shield used for displaying armorial bearings
4. anything that resembles a shield in shape, such as a
prize in a sports competition
5. the protective outer covering of an animal, such as the
shell of a turtle
6. (physics) a structure of concrete, lead, etc.,
placed around a nuclear reactor or other source of radiation in order to
prevent the escape of radiation
7. a broad stable plateau of ancient Precambrian rocks
forming the rigid nucleus of a particular continent
8. (civil engineering) a
hollow steel cylinder that protects men driving a circular tunnel through
loose, soft, or water-bearing ground
-verb
9. to protect, hide, or conceal (something)
from danger or harm
Broken teeth
Wooden shields
Closing windows
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