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creneaux

creneaux is the plural of crenel.

Meaning of crenel

Noun

crenel (plural crenels or creneaux)

  1. The space between merlons in a crenelated battlement.
    • Near-synonym: embrasure (sometimes hypernymous technically)
    Synonyms:
    embrasure[Appendix:Glossary

Questions about creneaux

What is creneaux the plural of?
Creneaux is the plural of crenel.

Words near creneaux in the dictionary

  1. crenations
  2. crenator
  3. crenators
  4. crenature
  5. crenatures
  6. creneaux
  7. crenel
  8. crenelate
  9. crenelated
  10. crenelated molding
  11. crenelated moldings

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