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crenelated

[kren-l-ey-tid] / ˈkrɛn lˌeɪ tɪd /


ADJECTIVE
embattled
Synonyms


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It shows a complex webbing of crenelated tubes connected to a mysterious mustard-colored box.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 24, 2024

Unlike pancake-flat Delft, the Washington suburb where I live is a crenelated topo of rolling hills, such that if I rode anywhere I was sentencing myself to multiple back-breaking climbs just to get home.

From Slate Jun. 18, 2023

“Yarn bombers” around the country have been hard at work for months creating everything from golden coaches to crenelated castles and jewel-encrusted crowns that will add fuzzy bits of color to the coronation festivities.

From Seattle Times Apr. 30, 2023

It meanders into crenelated forts, Moorish castles overlooking the Mediterranean and grand mosques reconfigured by Christians into cathedrals.

From New York Times Aug. 30, 2022

He spends the days of orientation rushing around campus, back and forth along the intersecting flagstone path, past the clock tower, and the turreted, crenelated buildings.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri




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