battlemented

What does battlemented mean?

battlemented means "protected with battlements or parapets with indentations or embrasures for shooting through". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in battlemented?

battlemented has 4 syllables: batt-le-men-ted. The stress falls on "le".

What is another word for battlemented?

Close synonyms include embattled, castled, castellated. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is battlemented a common word?

battlemented is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for battlemented come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.