"face covering" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "face coverings",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      "expansion": "face covering (plural face coverings)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Headwear",
          "orig": "en:Headwear",
          "parents": [
            "Clothing",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2020 June 3, Christian Wolmar, “Unworkable policies cripple our beleaguered railway”, in Rail, page 51:",
          "text": "And why has no one in the [rail] industry advocated for a universal requirement for face covering (even if it's just a scarf or old tea towel), [...].",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Anything used by a person to cover their face, the nose and mouth in particular, such as a face mask or scarf."
      ],
      "id": "en-face_covering-en-noun-147B4viK",
      "links": [
        [
          "face mask",
          "face mask"
        ],
        [
          "scarf",
          "scarf"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "head covering"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "covering used to protect the face",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "còmhdach-aodainn"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "face covering"
}

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    {
      "form": "face coverings",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "face covering (plural face coverings)",
      "name": "en-noun"
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "head covering"
    }
  ],
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        "Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations",
        "en:Headwear"
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        {
          "ref": "2020 June 3, Christian Wolmar, “Unworkable policies cripple our beleaguered railway”, in Rail, page 51:",
          "text": "And why has no one in the [rail] industry advocated for a universal requirement for face covering (even if it's just a scarf or old tea towel), [...].",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Anything used by a person to cover their face, the nose and mouth in particular, such as a face mask or scarf."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "face mask",
          "face mask"
        ],
        [
          "scarf",
          "scarf"
        ]
      ]
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "covering used to protect the face",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "còmhdach-aodainn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "face covering"
}