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outcase

outcase noun: an outer case.

Noun

outcase (plural outcases)

  1. An outer case.
    • A silver Minute Pendulum watch with a silver outcase and a coat-of-arms engraven on it1899, Frederick James Britten, Old Clocks and Watches and Their Makers, page 371
  2. (rare) A condition that allows code to break out of a recursive routine.

Forms of outcase

pluraloutcases

Questions about outcase

What does outcase mean?
Outcase means an outer case.
What part of speech is outcase?
Outcase is a noun.
What is the plural of outcase?
The plural of outcase is outcases.

Words near outcase in the dictionary

  1. outcarried
  2. outcarries
  3. outcarry
  4. outcarrying
  5. outcars
  6. outcase
  7. outcases
  8. outcast
  9. outcaste
  10. outcasted
  11. outcasteing

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