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What is the noun for masking?

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mask
  1. A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection.
  2. That which disguises; a pretext or subterfuge.
  3. A festive entertainment of dancing or other diversions, where all wear masks; a masquerade
  4. A person wearing a mask.
  5. (obsolete) A dramatic performance, formerly in vogue, in which the actors wore masks and represented mythical or allegorical characters.
  6. (architecture) A grotesque head or face, used to adorn keystones and other prominent parts, to spout water in fountains, and the like; -- called also mascaron.
  7. (fortification) In a permanent fortification, a redoubt which protects the caponiere.
  8. (fortification) A screen for a battery
  9. (zoology) The lower lip of the larva of a dragonfly, modified so as to form a prehensile organ.
  10. (Puebloan, anthropology) A ceremonial object used in Puebloan kachina cults that resembles a Euro-American masks. (The term is objected as an appropriate translation by Puebloan peoples as it emphasizes imitation but ignores power and representational intent.)
  11. (computing) A pattern of bits used in bitwise operations; bitmask.
  12. (computer graphics) A two-color (black and white) bitmap generated from an image, used to create transparency in the image.
  13. (heraldry) The head of a fox, shown face-on and cut off immediately behind the ears.
  14. Synonyms:
      15. vizard, visor, disguise, domino, veil, false face, stocking mask, face mask, face covering, dust mask, fencing mask, gas mask, iron mask, oxygen mask, ski mask, protective mask, safety goggles, welding goggles, welding mask, eye mask, surgical mask, front, guise, facade, façade, veneer, pretence, affectation, air, show, shroud, simulation, appearance, dissimulation, semblance, visage, aspect, beard, disguisement, dissembling, masquerade, pose, posture, pretense, false front, cover-up … more
  15. Examples:
      16. “Soon, the assassin reveals herself as female, wearing a black leather mask as she runs out carrying the gun that she used.”
      “The umpire took his mask off and gave me a look, knowing that it was a purpose pitch.”
      “He detested the man he had always secretly been behind the mask of respectability he wore in public.”
masking
  1. The act by which something is masked.
  2. An entertainment at which the guests conceal their faces with masks.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. dissimulation, dissembling, deceit, duplicity, pretence, pretense, deception, dishonesty, guile, misrepresentation, feigning, hypocrisy, subterfuge, faking, falsification, lying, shamming, artifice, bluff, bluffing, cant, cheating, concealing, counterfeiting, cozenage, craft, craftiness, crookedness, crookery, cunning, cunningness, deceitfulness, deceptiveness, disguising, dupery, fakery, foxiness, fraud, guilefulness, insincerity, piousness, posturing, sham, wiliness, codology, concealment, hiding, kidology, shrouding, veiling … more
mask
  1. A mesh.
  2. (Britain dialectal, Scotland) The mesh of a net; a net; net-bag.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. vizard, visor, disguise, domino, veil, false face, stocking mask, face mask, face covering, dust mask, fencing mask, gas mask, iron mask, oxygen mask, ski mask, protective mask, safety goggles, welding goggles, welding mask, eye mask, surgical mask, front, guise, facade, façade, veneer, pretence, affectation, air, show, shroud, simulation, appearance, dissimulation, semblance, visage, aspect, beard, disguisement, dissembling, masquerade, pose, posture, pretense, false front, cover-up … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “Soon, the assassin reveals herself as female, wearing a black leather mask as she runs out carrying the gun that she used.”
      “The umpire took his mask off and gave me a look, knowing that it was a purpose pitch.”
      “He detested the man he had always secretly been behind the mask of respectability he wore in public.”
maskette
  1. (archaeology) A small mask, especially one that does not cover the whole head.
mask
  1. (Britain dialectal) Mash.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. vizard, visor, disguise, domino, veil, false face, stocking mask, face mask, face covering, dust mask, fencing mask, gas mask, iron mask, oxygen mask, ski mask, protective mask, safety goggles, welding goggles, welding mask, eye mask, surgical mask, front, guise, facade, façade, veneer, pretence, affectation, air, show, shroud, simulation, appearance, dissimulation, semblance, visage, aspect, beard, disguisement, dissembling, masquerade, pose, posture, pretense, false front, cover-up … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Soon, the assassin reveals herself as female, wearing a black leather mask as she runs out carrying the gun that she used.”
      “The umpire took his mask off and gave me a look, knowing that it was a purpose pitch.”
      “He detested the man he had always secretly been behind the mask of respectability he wore in public.”
maskettes
  1. plural of maskette
maskings
  1. plural of masking
  2. Synonyms:
      3. dissimulation, dissemblings, deceits, duplicity, pretence, pretense, deception, dishonesty, guile, misrepresentation, feignings, hypocrisy, subterfuge, falsification, lyings, artifice, bluff, bluffings, cant, cheating, concealings, counterfeitings, cozenages, craft, craftiness, crookedness, crookery, cunning, cunningness, deceitfulness, deceptiveness, disguisings, dupery, fakery, foxiness, fraud, guilefulness, insincerity, piousness, posturings, shams, wiliness, codology, concealment, hiding, kidology, shroudings, veilings, wiles, camouflage … more
masks
  1. plural of mask
  2. Synonyms:
      3. vizards, visors, disguises, dominos, veils, false faces, stocking masks, face masks, dust masks, gas masks, oxygen masks, ski masks, surgical masks, fronts, guises, facades, veneers, pretence, affectations, air, show, shrouds, simulation, appearance, dissimulation, semblance, visages, aspects, beards, disguisement, dissemblings, masquerades, poses, posture, pretense, cover-ups, fig leaves, put-ons, window dressing, cloaks, covers, charades, smokescreens, act, camouflage, playacting … more
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