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BATTLEMENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns
Synonyms:
battlement; crenelation; crenellation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("battlement" is a kind of...):
bulwark; rampart; wall (an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes)
Meronyms (parts of "battlement"):
crenel; crenelle (a notch or open space between two merlons in a crenelated battlement)
merlon (a solid section between two crenels in a crenelated battlement)
Holonyms ("battlement" is a part of...):
