CRENELLATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does crenellate mean? 

• CRENELLATE (verb)
  The verb CRENELLATE has 1 sense:

1. supply with battlements

  Familiarity information: CRENELLATE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CRENELLATE (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Supply with battlements

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

crenel; crenelate; crenellate

Hypernyms (to "crenellate" is one way to...):

furnish; provide; render; supply (give something useful or necessary to)

Domain category:

architecture (the profession of designing buildings and environments with consideration for their esthetic effect)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

crenel (a notch or open space between two merlons in a crenelated battlement)

crenellation (the action of constructing ramparts with gaps for firing guns or arrows)

crenellation (a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns)

crenelle (a notch or open space between two merlons in a crenelated battlement)