| NOUN | artifact | battlement, crenelation, crenellation | a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps / gaps for firing arrows or guns |
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| Sounds | bae'tahlmahnt; bae'tahlmehnt | |
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| Rhymes | abandonment ... wonderment: 671 rhymes with ahnt... | |
| accent ... vent: 69 rhymes with ehnt... | ||
| Meaning | A rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps / gaps for firing arrows or guns. | |
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| Synonyms | crenelation, crenellation | |
| Part of | fortress, fort | A fortified defensive structure |
| Parts | crenel, crenelle | A notch or open / open space between two merlons in a crenelated battlement |
| merlon | A solid section between two crenels in a crenelated battlement | |
| Broader | rampart, bulwark, wall | An embankment built around a space for defensive purposes |
| Spanish | almena, crestería | |
| Catalan | merlet | |
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