Casing

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An outer cover: a shell casing; a tire casing.
  • n. The frame or framework for a window or door.
  • n. A metal pipe or tube used as a lining for a water, oil, or gas well.
  • n. A membranous case, often made of animal intestine, used to contain sausage or other processed meat.
  • n. A narrow passage for a rod or cord, as in a curtain or the waistband of a garment, made by folding over a small strip of fabric at its edge along its width and sewing it in place.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. That which encloses or encases.
  • n. The collective states of upper and lower case letters.
  • v. Present participle of case.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act or process of inclosing in, or covering with, a case or thin substance, as plaster, boards, etc.
  • n. An outside covering, for protection or ornament, or to precent the radiation of heat.
  • n. An inclosing frame; esp. the framework around a door or a window. See Case, n., 4.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act or process expressed by the verb case.
  • n. A case; a covering; an inclosure.
  • n. The process of putting tobacco leaf into the desired ‘case’ or condition, namely by moistening, and adding the ingredients used to give flavor, etc. See case, n., 9.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the housing or outer covering of something
  • n. the outermost covering of a pneumatic tire
  • n. the enclosing frame around a door or window opening
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    covering    framework   
    Variant
    case   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    case    covering    covert   
    Verb Stem
    case   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    basing    bracing    chasing    debasing    defacing    displacing    effacing    embracing    erasing    facing   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    cylinder    casting    tubing    projectile    fuselage    shard    mesh    rectangle    sheath    container