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sheath

noun as in case

noun as in covering

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Its versatile blade easily slices through steak, vegetables, and fruit, while the Italian leather sheath makes it ideal for travelers.

From Salon

Following searches of the park by officers, a sheath was later recovered which contained DNA belonging to both Darrian and one of the defendants.

From BBC

While previous methods were too imprecise to distinguish neighboring cells like mesophyll and bundle sheath cells, single-cell genomics allowed the team to investigate the genetic and structural changes in each cell type from both plants.

Smith, however, left behind the knife, a knife sheath and the audio recorder covered in DNA that would implicate him in the murder.

The mattress was wrapped in a strange institutional rubbery plastic sheath, but that wouldn't defeat me.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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