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outcases

outcases is the plural of outcase.

Meaning of outcase

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.

Questions about outcases

What is outcases the plural of?
Outcases is the plural of outcase.

Words near outcases in the dictionary

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

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