- present participle of case.
casing
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casings
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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.
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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
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Vocabulary lists containing casing
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Mason, who found a bullet casing from the incident in her front yard, called it a consequence of letting the property sit empty for so long.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Monaco's deputy prosecutor Morgan Raymond said Berezovska had spent days casing out the residence and was "disguised as a man" during the attack last Monday.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
Like endless, dormant serpents, the colossal concrete casing of the pipelines stretched along the seabed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 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
They were all silent for a minute; then Ellen went to the door, lifted the gun that was held on hooks above the casing, and laid it carefully on the floor beside the bed.
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
It could also involve redesigning some parts, such as battery casings, to make them replaceable so that the battery itself does not need to be discarded after a minor accident.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
L3Harris gathers explosive propellant, nozzles and casings for the rocket motor that powers it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
In the 1990s, the agency started sharing with local law enforcement agencies its National Integrated Ballistic Information Network, which collects the unique marks on bullet casings found at shooting scenes.
From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2026
One trader sifted through pink, green and purple beads that she said would be moulded into e-cigarette casings sold in the Middle East.
From Barron's ● May 6, 2026
He's wearing skinny jeans, which look very much like denim sausage casings.
From "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" by John Green and David Levithan
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