cowl

cowl is a 4-letter English word with 7 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A monk's hood; -- usually attached to the gown. The name was also applied to the hood and garment together. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A monk's hood; -- usually attached to the gown. The name was also applied to the hood and garment together.
2. noun. A cowl-shaped cap, commonly turning with the wind, used to improve the draft of a chimney, ventilating shaft, etc.
3. noun. A wire cap for the smokestack of a locomotive.
4. noun. A vessel carried on a pole between two persons, for conveyance of water.
5. noun. a loose hood or hooded robe (as worn by a monk)
6. noun. protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine

   "there are powerful engines under the hoods of new cars"

   "the mechanic removed the cowling in order to repair the plane's engine"

   Synonyms: bonnet, cowling, hood

7. verb. cover with or as with a cowl

   "cowl the boys and veil the girls"

Synonyms

bonnet, cowling, hood

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in cowl:

clow

Common word forms

cowls, cowled, cowling

Words from these letters

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