Thesaurus / coverts
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synonyms for coverts
- asylum
- fortress
- haven
- hideaway
- hideout
- hiding place
- protection
- resort
- retreat
- sanctuary
- security
- shelter
- stronghold
- ambush
- anchorage
- cover
- covert
- den
- escape
- exit
- expedient
- harbor
- harborage
- hole
- home
- immunity
- makeshift
- opening
- outlet
- port
- preserve
- recourse
- resource
- shield
- stopgap
- ivory tower
- safe place
- way out
- sanctuary
- hideaway
- shelter
- resort
- haven
- refuge
- retirement
- habitat
- convent
- privacy
- harbor
- covert
- hermitage
- solitude
- cover
- haunt
- cell
- defense
- ark
- den
- cloister
- security
- asylum
- seclusion
- port
- ivory tower
- safe house
- adytum
- hiding place
- safe place
- hideout
- shelter
- resort
- oasis
- protection
- retreat
- church
- harbor
- asylum
- haven
- refuge
- hideaway
- convent
- covert
- screen
- cover
- defense
- den
- hole
- port
- shield
- ivory tower
- safe house
- harborage
- hole-up
- shed
- sanctuary
- dwelling
- house
- hut
- shack
- apartment
- safety
- lodging
- home
- asylum
- haven
- refuge
- tent
- shield
- covert
- crib
- guard
- defense
- port
- retirement
- hide
- housing
- cave
- pen
- pad
- hideout
- preserve
- umbrella
- den
- hideaway
- hermitage
- guardian
- screen
- joint
- shadow
- security
- retreat
- harbor
- cover
- roof
- shade
- turf
- tower
- protector
- rack
- condo
- harborage
- co-op
- roost
- digs
- hole in the wall
- homeplate
- quarterage
- roof over head
- beam
- plaster
- roof
- covert
- dome
- canopy
- groin
- timber
- roofing
- housetop
- baldachin
- fan vaulting
- highest point
- plafond
- planchement
- topside covering
- underbrush
- clump
- wood
- coppice
- shrubbery
- grove
- covert
- bush
- woods
- brake
- brush
- hedge
- growth
- copse
- brushwood
- bosk
- chaparral
- boscage
- spinny
- front
- shelter
- screen
- sanctuary
- defense
- harbor
- covert
- drop
- camouflage
- haven
- guard
- protection
- safety
- refuge
- security
- asylum
- concealment
- port
- retreat
- harborage
- woodland
- park
- wood
- jungle
- thicket
- timber
- coppice
- grove
- covert
- cover
- backwoods
- shelter
- woods
- growth
- stand
- brake
- chase
- clump
- copse
- weald
- timberland
- wildwood
- woodlot
- dent
- tunnel
- void
- crater
- window
- gap
- pit
- vent
- cranny
- excavation
- covert
- hollow
- chasm
- cistern
- lair
- fissure
- cavity
- leak
- cave
- nick
- fracture
- aperture
- cleft
- pockmark
- gash
- niche
- shelter
- nest
- peephole
- puncture
- gorge
- hovel
- chink
- orifice
- lacuna
- burrow
- dimple
- cavern
- break
- cut
- space
- mouth
- crack
- rent
- depression
- scoop
- passage
- split
- vacuity
- retreat
- keyhole
- outlet
- breach
- perforation
- shaft
- tear
- chamber
- den
- eyelet
- foramen
- notch
- dip
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How to use coverts in a sentence
How could you imagine that I should be thinking of those coverts?
THE WIDOW'S DOGMARY RUSSELL MITFORDThe rabbits seemed to have fled from all the coverts about their mountain.
EARTH'S ENIGMASCHARLES G. D. ROBERTSWhen the English were completely encircled, the Indians rose from the coverts, and advanced towards them with arms presented.
THE INDIAN: ON THE BATTLE-FIELD AND IN THE WIGWAMJOHN FROSTThe great coverts of the wings are stiff, narrow, and pointed, being shaped quite p. 156different from those of any other bird.
WANDERINGS IN SOUTH AMERICACHARLES WATERTONNo path led to this or away from it, but all around him grew grasses and plants which would be natural coverts for wild creatures.
THE KENTUCKY WARBLERJAMES LANE ALLENThe general color is buff, mottled with brown; wing-coverts and speculum, same as the male.
GAME BIRDS AND GAME FISHES OF THE PACIFIC COASTHARRY THOM PAYNEThey are of a sooty brown color, upper tail-coverts and side of under-coverts white.
WESTERN BIRD GUIDECHESTER A. (CHESTER ALBERT) REED, HARRY F. HARVEY, AND REX I. BRASHERThey are a dark sooty gray, except for the under-coverts, which are whitish.
WESTERN BIRD GUIDECHESTER A. (CHESTER ALBERT) REED, HARRY F. HARVEY, AND REX I. BRASHERMale with chestnut wing coverts and white speculum; the female is similar but the back and wings are brownish-gray.
WESTERN BIRD GUIDECHESTER A. (CHESTER ALBERT) REED, HARRY F. HARVEY, AND REX I. BRASHERFemale similar to female Green-wing, but has the blue wing coverts.
WESTERN BIRD GUIDECHESTER A. (CHESTER ALBERT) REED, HARRY F. HARVEY, AND REX I. BRASHER