crenelation
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns
Types & categories
- bulwark hypernym
Parts & wholes
Related & opposite
- crenel derivation
Sense 2 noun
the action of constructing ramparts with gaps for firing guns or arrows
Types & categories
- construction hypernym
Related & opposite
- crenel derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | crenel |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | fortress |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | crenel |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | merlon |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | bulwark |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | crenel |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | construction |