crenelate
Americanverb (used with object)
adjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of crenelate
1815–25; < French crénel ( er ) to crenelate ( see crenel) + -ate 1
Example Sentences
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It shows a complex webbing of crenelated tubes connected to a mysterious mustard-colored box.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2024
Unlike pancake-flat Delft, the Washington suburb where I live is a crenelated topo of rolling hills, such that if I rode anywhere I was sentencing myself to multiple back-breaking climbs just to get home.
From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2023
Olys also form flatter, more-shingled reefs than the crenelated structures typical of Pacific oysters.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 22, 2019
A crenelated wall of books encircles my bed, its tottering towers looming ever taller, always on the verge of collapsing onto oblivious sleepers.
From New York Times ● Jan. 18, 2018
The facade of a grand building rises gracefully, pilastered and crenelated.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
Engineers were at work, crenelating the walls and houses upon the side threatened with attack.
From The Young Franc Tireurs And Their Adventures in the Franco-Prussian War by Young, F. T.
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