HEAT SHIELD as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a protective covering that protects a spacecraft from overheating on re-entry
   Hypernyms(s) heat shield is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • protective covering (what does protective covering mean?)
   • protective cover (what does protective cover mean?)
   • protection (what does protection mean?)