Meaning

2 senses

  1. To furnish with crenelles.

  2. To indent; to notch.

    a crenelated leaf

More definitions
  • supply with battlements

Origin

From Old French crenel. By surface analysis, Old French cren + -el + -ate.

From Old French crenel. By surface analysis, Old French cren + -el + -ate.

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Forms

crenelates, crenelating, crenelated, crenelated
Base formcrenelate · to crenelate
3rd person singularcrenelates
Present participlecrenelating
Past simplecrenelated
Past participlecrenelated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycrenelate
he, she, itcrenelates

Past simpleLesson

all personscrenelated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave crenelated
he, she, ithas crenelated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill crenelate

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words
Relatedcrenellecrenelcrenelation
Derivedcrenelated molding

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
creepercreepyB2crematecrematoriumcreolecrepecrescendo
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