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crenelated |
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crenellate |
crenellated |
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Crenelle
| crenelled
| crengle
| crenkle
| crenulate
| crenulated
Crenelle
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Crenelle has 2 senses
- crenelle(n = noun.shape) crenation, crenature, crenel, scallop - one of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.); Array is a kind of curve, curved shape
- crenelle(n = noun.artifact) crenel - a notch or open space between two merlons in a crenelated battlement; Array is a part of battlement, crenelation, crenellation
is a kind of space
Derived forms verb crenelate1, verb crenellate1
CIDE DICTIONARY
Crenelle, n. [OF. crenel, F. crneau, LL. crenellus, kernellus, dim. (prob.) fr. L. crena notch. See Crenny.].
- An embrasure or indentation in a battlement; a loophole in a fortress; an indentation; a notch. See Merlon, and Illust. of Battlement. [1913 Webster]
- Same as Crenature. [1913 Webster]
ROGET THESAURUS
Crenelle
Notch
N notch, dent, nick, cut, indent, indentation, dimple, embrasure, battlement, machicolation, saw, tooth, crenelle, scallop, scollop, vandyke, depression, jag, notched, crenate, crenated, dentate, dentated, denticulate, denticulated, toothed, palmated, serrated.
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