| English noun: crenel | 
| 1. | crenel (shape) 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.) | 
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 | Synonyms | crenation, crenature, crenelle, scallop | 
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 | Broader (hypernym) | curve, curved shape | 
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| 2. | crenel (artifact) a notch or open space between two merlons in a crenelated battlement | 
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 | Synonyms | crenelle | 
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 | Broader (hypernym) | space | 
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 | Part meronym | battlement, crenelation, crenellation | 
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