English Explanatory Dictionary

crenate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having round or blunt teeth on its margin; scalloped.
noun
  1. Any salt or ester of crenic acid

Pronunciation

/ˈkɹiː.neɪt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-crenate.wav

Word forms

crenate more crenate most crenate crenates

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin crēnātus, merged with a Latinization of Middle French crené, past participle of crener (“to mark with a notch”), derivative of cren, cran (“notch”), of Celtic origin.

Related words

crenic crenic acid Hippocrene

Derived words

apocrenate bicrenate crenulate double crenate noncrenate subcrenate
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