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hoodnoun [ C ]

uk ​ /hʊd/ us ​ /hʊd/

hood noun [ C ] (CLOTHING)

B2 part of a piece of clothing that can be pulled up to cover the top and back of the head:

The coat has a detachable hood.

› a bag that is put over someone's head so that they cannot see or be recognized:

The prisoners had been tortured and made to wear hoods.

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-hoodsuffix

uk ​ / -hʊd/ us ​ / -hʊd/

(Definition of “hood” from the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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hoodnoun [ C ]

us ​ /hʊd/

hood noun [ C ] (CLOTHING)

› a part of a coat or jacket that can be used to cover the head:

The raincoat comes with a detachable hood.

hood noun [ C ] (CAR)

› the metal cover over the engine of a car

(Definition of “hood” from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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