n.
- An open space or notch between two merlons in a battlement or crenelated wall.
- A crenature.
[Middle English, from Old French. See crenelated.]
crenel
Dictionary:
cren·el (krĕn'əl) 
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n.
| Architecture: crenel, crenelle |
An open space between the merlons of a battlement.
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| WordNet: crenel |
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The noun has 2 meanings:
Meaning #1:
one of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.)
Synonyms: scallop, crenation, crenature, crenelle
Meaning #2:
a notch or open space between two merlons in a crenelated battlement
Synonym: crenelle
The verb crenel has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
supply with battlements
Synonyms: crenelate, crenellate
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