A pall of darkness cloaked the valley.
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Pall
//pɔːl//
Synonyms for "pall" (124 found)
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Closest matches (25)
Strong matches (37)
Related words (62)
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21 entriesShowing 16 of 21 words.
Synonyms
6 entriesRelated terms
2 entriescauses
1 entriesderived
12 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
2 entriesmanner of
3 entriesrelated to
22 entriesShowing 16 of 22 words.
Translations
37 translations across 16 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- плащеница noun (heavy cloth laid over a coffin or tomb)
- втръсвам се verb (to become dull, insipid, tasteless, or vapid)
Catalan
1 entries- perla noun (charge representing an archbishop's pallium)
Czech
4 entries- pokrývka rakve noun (heavy cloth laid over a coffin or tomb)
- příkrov noun (feeling of fear or gloom)
- závoj noun (feeling of fear or gloom)
- omrzet verb (to become dull, insipid, tasteless, or vapid)
Dutch
2 entries- gaffel noun (charge representing an archbishop's pallium)
- lijkkleed noun (heavy cloth laid over a coffin or tomb)
Finnish
2 entries- arkkuvaate noun (heavy cloth laid over a coffin or tomb)
- haaruristi noun (charge representing an archbishop's pallium)
French
3 entries- drap mortuaire noun (heavy cloth laid over a coffin or tomb)
- pairle noun (charge representing an archbishop's pallium)
- poêle noun (heavy cloth laid over a coffin or tomb)
German
1 entries- Göpel noun (charge representing an archbishop's pallium)
Irish
2 entries- brat bróin noun (heavy cloth laid over a coffin or tomb)
- páilín noun (heavy cloth laid over a coffin or tomb)
Italian
4 entries- cappa noun (heavy cloth laid over a coffin or tomb)
- drappo noun (heavy cloth laid over a coffin or tomb)
- drappo funerario noun (heavy cloth laid over a coffin or tomb)
- pallio noun (charge representing an archbishop's pallium)
Occitan
3 entries- lençòl noun (heavy cloth laid over a coffin or tomb)
- linçòl noun (heavy cloth laid over a coffin or tomb)
- perla noun (charge representing an archbishop's pallium)
Polish
2 entries- kir noun (heavy cloth laid over a coffin or tomb)
- rosocha noun (charge representing an archbishop's pallium)
Portuguese
1 entries- perla noun (charge representing an archbishop's pallium)
Russian
2 entries- пелена́ noun (heavy cloth laid over a coffin or tomb)
- покро́в на гро́бе noun (heavy cloth laid over a coffin or tomb)
Spanish
1 entries- perla noun (charge representing an archbishop's pallium)
Swedish
1 entries- gaffelkors noun (charge representing an archbishop's pallium)
Ukrainian
1 entries- покривало noun (heavy cloth laid over a coffin or tomb)
Sample sentences
24 total sentences available.
The city is being blanketed again today by a thick pall of smoke from nearby bushfires.
Source: tatoeba (3039777)
The leaden coffin was covered by a rich purple pall, on which was embroidered in gold the Canterville coat-of-arms.
Source: tatoeba (5420737)
News that Tom had taken a job with another firm cast a pall over the departmental lunch.
Source: tatoeba (8971773)
Showing 4 of 24 available sentences.
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