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CASING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The enclosing frame around a door or window opening
Example:
the casings had rotted away and had to be replaced
Synonyms:
case; casing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("casing" is a kind of...):
frame; framework (a structure supporting or containing something)
Holonyms ("casing" is a part of...):
door; doorway; room access; threshold (the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close)
window (a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The outermost covering of a pneumatic tire
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("casing" is a kind of...):
covering (an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it))
Holonyms ("casing" is a part of...):
pneumatic tire; pneumatic tyre (a tire made of reinforced rubber and filled with compressed air; used on motor vehicles and bicycles etc)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The housing or outer covering of something
Example:
the clock has a walnut case
Synonyms:
case; casing; shell
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("casing" is a kind of...):
housing (a protective cover designed to contain or support a mechanical component)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "casing"):
boot (protective casing for something that resembles a leg)
gear box; gear case; gearbox (the shell (metal casing) in which a train of gears is sealed)
jacket (the tough metal shell casing for certain kinds of ammunition)
Holonyms ("casing" is a part of...):
grandfather clock; longcase clock (a pendulum clock enclosed in a tall narrow case)
Derivation:
case (enclose in, or as if in, a case)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb case
