casing
/ˈkeɪsɪŋ/
casing noun: that which encloses or encases. Also the present participle and gerund of case.
Noun
casing (plural casings)
- That which encloses or encases.
- Some people like to split the casing of a sausage before cooking so it doesn’t burst.
- And, by your leave, for all the marvellous rich and sumptuous coat a weareth, he is very like a false jewel in a rich casing.1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 8
- The decorative trim around a door or window.
- A metal pipe used to line the borehole of a well.
- The state of letter case across a whole phrase or whole lines of text; the collective state/arrangement of uppercase and lowercase letters.
- The replacement string should have the same casing as the matched text.
- A tire.
Also used as
casing is also the present participle and gerund of case.
casing meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Telugu and Malayalam
casing in Urdu
- کیسنگ, کیزنگ
casing in Bengali
- কেসিং
casing in Telugu
- కేసింగ్, కాసింగ్
casing in Malayalam
- കേസിംഗ്
More languagesFewer languages
- casing in Punjabi
- ਕੇਸਿੰਗ, ਕੇਸਿੰਗ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ, ਕੈਸਿੰਗ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ
- casing in Gujarati
- કેસિંગ
- casing in Odia
- କାସିଙ୍ଗ, କାସିଙ୍ଗ୍
- casing in Nepali
- कासिङ
Examples of casing in a sentence
- Place the upper casing on edge and use a spudger to push the keyboard away from the casing, poking the spudger through the holes where the screws were.
- To make truly authentic boerewors you'll need a sausage stuffer and casings.
- Its casing was packed solid with a yellow-white froth of ant eggs and larvae.
Forms of casing
| plural | casings |
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Words formed from casing
Phrases with casing
Words that rhyme with casing
2 more rhymesFewer rhymes
Questions about casing
- What does casing mean?
- Casing means that which encloses or encases.
- What is casing in Urdu?
- Casing in Urdu is کیسنگ, کیزنگ. See Casing meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is casing?
- Casing is a noun.
- How do you pronounce casing?
- Casing is pronounced /ˈkeɪsɪŋ/.
- What is the plural of casing?
- The plural of casing is casings.
Words near casing in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: casing (page history and authors); casing (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); casing (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); casing (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); casing (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); casing (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); casing (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); casing (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); casing (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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