CRENELLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does crenelle mean? 

• CRENELLE (noun)
  The noun CRENELLE has 2 senses:

1. 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.)

2. a notch or open space between two merlons in a crenelated battlement

  Familiarity information: CRENELLE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CRENELLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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.)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Synonyms:

crenation; crenature; crenel; crenelle; scallop

Hypernyms ("crenelle" is a kind of...):

curve; curved shape (the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

crenel; crenelle

Hypernyms ("crenelle" is a kind of...):

space (an empty area (usually bounded in some way between things))

Holonyms ("crenelle" is a part of...):

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

Derivation:

crenelate; crenellate (supply with battlements)