crenelation

Other forms of crenelation

plural

crenelations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about crenelation

What does crenelation mean?

crenelation means "a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in crenelation?

crenelation has 5 syllables: cre-ne-la-ti-on. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for crenelation?

Close synonyms include battlement, crenellation, crenellation. 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 crenelation a common word?

crenelation 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.