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crenel

DEFINITIONS OF: crenel

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n 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.)

Synonyms:
crenation, crenature, crenelle, scallop
Type of:
curve, curved shape
the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes

n a notch or open space between two merlons in a crenelated battlement

Synonyms:
crenelle
Type of:
space
an empty area (usually bounded in some way between things)

v supply with battlements

Synonyms:
crenelate, crenellate
Type of:
furnish, provide, render, supply
give something useful or necessary to
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