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casements

casements is the plural of casement.

Meaning of casement

Noun

casement (plural casements)

  1. A window sash that is hinged on the side.
    • For at the window of my house I looked through my casement, and beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Proverbs 7:6–7
  2. A window having such sashes; a casement window.ᵂᵖ
    • Passing through Tokenhouse Yard, in Lothbury, of a sudden a casement violently opened just over my head, and a woman gave three frightful screeches, and then cried, ‘Oh! death, death, death!’ in a most inimitable tone, and which struck me with horror and a chillness in my very blood.1722, Daniel Defoe, A Journal of the Plague Year
  3. A casemate. Some writers and readers consider casement a catachresis when used in this sense.

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Proper noun capitalized: Casements

Casements

  1. (plural) plural of Casement

Phrases with casements

Questions about casements

What is casements the plural of?
Casements is the plural of casement.
What part of speech is casements?
Casements is a proper noun.

Words near casements in the dictionary

  1. casemen
  2. casement
  3. casement window
  4. casement windows
  5. casemented
  6. casements
  7. casemix
  8. casemixes
  9. casemod
  10. casemods
  11. Casen

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