casing
English Thesaurus
1. the enclosing frame around a door or window opening (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | framework, |
| definition | : | a structure supporting or containing something (noun.artifact) |
| part meronym | : | door, doorway, room access, threshold, |
| definition | : | the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close (noun.artifact) |
| part meronym | : | window, |
| definition | : | a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air (noun.artifact) |
2. the outermost covering of a pneumatic tire (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | covering, |
| definition | : | an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it) (noun.artifact) |
| part meronym | : | pneumatic tire, pneumatic tyre, |
| definition | : | a tire made of reinforced rubber and filled with compressed air; used on motor vehicles and bicycles etc (noun.artifact) |
3. the housing or outer covering of something (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | housing, |
| definition | : | a protective cover designed to contain or support a mechanical component (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | boot, |
| definition | : | protective casing for something that resembles a leg (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | gear box, gear case, gearbox, |
| definition | : | the shell (metal casing) in which a train of gears is sealed (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | jacket, |
| definition | : | the tough metal shell casing for certain kinds of ammunition (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | case, encase, incase, |
| definition | : | enclose in, or as if in, a case (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | case, encase, incase, |
| definition | : | enclose in, or as if in, a case (verb.contact) |
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