casing
Americannoun
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a case or covering; housing.
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material for a case or covering.
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the framework around a door or window.
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the outermost covering of an automobile tire.
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any frame or framework.
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a steel pipe or tubing, especially as used in oil and gas wells.
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a layer of glass that has been fused to an underlying layer of glass of a different color or of different properties.
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the thin, tubular membrane of the intestines of sheep, cattle, or hogs, or a synthetic facsimile, for encasing processed meat in making sausages, salamis, etc.
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Nautical. the walls surrounding a funnel.
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a channel created in a garment or other article to carry a drawstring or elastic, as by sewing a strip of cloth to the basic material with two parallel rows of stitches.
noun
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a protective case or cover
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material for a case or cover
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Also called: case. a frame containing a door, window, or staircase
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the intestines of cattle, pigs, etc, or a synthetic substitute, used as a container for sausage meat
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the outer cover of a pneumatic tyre
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a pipe or tube used to line a hole or shaft
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the outer shell of a steam or gas turbine
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of casing
Vocabulary lists containing casing
"The Tragedy of Macbeth," Vocabulary from Act 3
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Example Sentences
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The US justice department says the video also shows Allen "casing the area" at the hotel, on the day before the dinner was held in a basement ballroom there.
From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026
Police found a damaged wing mirror casing on the road and traced the serial number to Clarke-Samuel's vehicle.
From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026
Sometimes, the bronze casing of the building rattles against the glass windows.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026
"Using the burnt material that remains on the surface of the casing as a stencil, we can deposit specific materials in between the gaps, allowing for the visualisation," said Dr. McKeever.
From Science Daily • Nov. 2, 2025
One evening he stopped by my workstation and observed me as I stood on my wooden box completing a casing.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
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