noun
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.)
• Hypernyms: ↑curve, ↑curved shape
2. a notch or open space between two merlons in a crenelated battlement
• Syn: ↑crenel
• Derivationally related forms: ↑crenellate, ↑crenelate, ↑crenellate (for: ↑crenel), ↑crenelate (for: ↑crenel)
• Hypernyms: ↑space
• Part Holonyms: ↑battlement, ↑crenelation, ↑crenellation
Useful english dictionary. 2012.