3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Crenature \Cren"a*ture\ (kr?n"?-t?r or kr?"n?-; 135), n. 1. (Bot.) A rounded tooth or notch of a crenate leaf, or any part that is crenate; -- called also {crenelle}. [1913 Webster] 2. The state of being crenated or notched. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Crenelle \Cre*nelle"\, Crenel \Cre*nel"\ (kr?-n?l"), n. [OF. crenel, F. cr?neau, LL. crenellus, kernellus, dim. (prob.) fr. L. crena notch. See {Crenny}.] 1. An embrasure or indentation in a battlement; a loophole in a fortress; an indentation; a notch. See {Merlon}, and Illust. of {Battlement}. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) Same as {Crenature}. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: crenelle n 1: 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.) [syn: {scallop}, {crenation}, {crenature}, {crenel}] 2: a notch or open space between two merlons in a crenelated battlement [syn: {crenel}]
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