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单词 crenellation
释义

crenellation

noun

cren·​el·​la·​tion ˌkre-nə-ˈlā-shən How to pronounce crenellation (audio)
variants or less commonly crenelation
1
: battlement
2
: any of the embrasures alternating with merlons in a battlement see battlement illustration

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Each receptor, ingenious in its design, recognized some characteristic microbial or viral signature—a kink in a virus’s RNA, a crenellation in a microbial cell wall. Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2021 Each receptor, ingenious in its design, recognized some characteristic microbial or viral signature—a kink in a virus’s RNA, a crenellation in a microbial cell wall. Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2021 Each receptor, ingenious in its design, recognized some characteristic microbial or viral signature—a kink in a virus’s RNA, a crenellation in a microbial cell wall. Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2021 Each receptor, ingenious in its design, recognized some characteristic microbial or viral signature—a kink in a virus’s RNA, a crenellation in a microbial cell wall. Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2021 Each receptor, ingenious in its design, recognized some characteristic microbial or viral signature—a kink in a virus’s RNA, a crenellation in a microbial cell wall. Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2021 Each receptor, ingenious in its design, recognized some characteristic microbial or viral signature—a kink in a virus’s RNA, a crenellation in a microbial cell wall. Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2021 Each receptor, ingenious in its design, recognized some characteristic microbial or viral signature—a kink in a virus’s RNA, a crenellation in a microbial cell wall. Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2021 Each receptor, ingenious in its design, recognized some characteristic microbial or viral signature—a kink in a virus’s RNA, a crenellation in a microbial cell wall. Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

crenellate "to furnish with crenellations" + -ation — more at crenellated

First Known Use

circa 1838, in the meaning defined at sense 2

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