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Definitions: CASEMATE |
CASEMATENoun1. A hollow molding, chiefly in cornices. 2. A bombproof chamber, usually of masonry, in which cannon may be placed, to be fired through embrasures; or one capable of being used as a magazine, or for quartering troops. |
Date "CASEMATE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1862. (references) |
Etymology: Casemate \Case"mate\, noun. [French expression casemate, from Italian casamatta, probably from casa house matto, f. matta, mad, weak, feeble, diminutive from the same source as English -mate in checkmate.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Military | An enclosed and roofed over gun position. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Abode | Bivouac, camp, encampment, cantonment, castrametation; barrack, casemate, casern. |
Defense | Safeguard; (safety); balistraria; bunker, screen; (shelter); camouflage; (concealment); fortification; munition, muniment; trench, foxhole; bulwark, fosse, moat, ditch, entrenchment, intrenchment; kila; dike, dyke; parapet, sunk fence, embankment, mound, mole, bank, sandbag, revetment; earth work, field-work; fence, wall dead wall, contravallation; paling; (inclosure); palisade, haha, stockade, stoccado, laager, sangar; barrier, barricade; boom; portcullis, chevaux de frise; abatis, abattis, abbatis; vallum, circumvallation, battlement, rampart, scarp; escarp, counter-scarp; glacis, casemate; vallation, vanfos. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: CASEMATE |
| English words defined with "CASEMATE": Barbette carriage ♦ Casemated. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "CASEMATE" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. French (blockhouse, casemate, pillbox). |
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 | At anchor in a harbor, probably circa the later 1920s. Note that the ship still carries twelve six-inch guns. The after lower casemate guns were removed sometime between 1929 and 1931.Credit: NAVY. |  | Sketch of the ship during the later part of the Civil War, with a long deckhouse fitted above her casemate.Credit: NAVY. |
 | At the Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia, after salvage, circa 1865. Two ladies are standing on her deck, near a section of displaced casemate armor.Credit: NAVY. |  | Ship's officers on the foredeck, while she was serving on the James River, Virginia, in 1864-65. Atlanta's armored casemate, forward rifled gun, and pilothouse are visible behind the officers.Credit: NAVY. |
 | Under construction by James Eads, at St. Louis, Missouri, prior to October 1861. This view looks along the main deck on one gunboat, with its boilers in the foreground and casemate timbers at the sides. Another vessel is beyond, with some spar deck beams atop the casemate side timbers and upright framing in place for her wheel box. The four ships of this class built at St. Louis were Carondelet, Louisville, Pittsburg and Saint Louis. Note flagpole in the left background.Credit: NAVY. |  | "Spinning a Yarn" in the casemate of 5"/51 Gun Number Eleven of USS Arkansas (BB-33) on 27 October 1940. The men are (from left to right): Gunner's Mate Second Class N.I. Fewell; Boatswain's Mate First Class R.D. Dennies; Coxwain G.E. Lehto and Gunner's Mate First Class W.A. Crook. This photo is inspired by the scene in Photo # NH 2889.Credit: NAVY. |
 | Crewmen exercising with one of the ship's casemate 5"/51 guns, circa 1921. Taken by A.E. Wells, the Nevada's photographer.Credit: NAVY. |  | View of the ship's forward superstructure, taken after overhaul at the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, 29 August 1933. Note newly installed machine gun "bathtub" atop Omaha foremast, rangefinders and other fire control facilities on and about the mast, voice tubes running down from the masthead, 6"/53 guns in casemate mountings, and Battle Efficiency "E" painted on the pilothouse.Credit: NAVY. |
 | Plan view of the ship's forward superstructure and bow area, taken at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 18 February 1942. Note Detroit's tripod foremast, signal flag bins and 6"/53 guns in casemate mounts.Credit: NAVY. |  | The Casemate, Fortress Monroe, Jeff Davis in Prison.Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
casemate | 3 |
casemate museum | 2 |
casemate publishing | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "CASEMATE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | strehim (accommodation, billet, bunker, coverture, dugout, housing, quarterage, refuge, resettlement, resort, shelter), sallë e mbrojtur, rrethojë topash. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | المعصم. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | каземат, подземен затвор (dungeon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 炮台. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | kasematy. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | casemate (cave). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | kasematte. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | θόλοσ φρουρίου με οπέσ για τηλεβόλα. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kazamata (dungeon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | benteng (breastwork, bulwark, citadel, fortification, fortress, rampart, rook, vallum). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | lhoob fastee. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | asematecay casamata. (various references) cazematã (pillbox). (various references) каземат. (various references) kazamat. (various references) casamata. (various references) kasematt (bunker, shelter), bombfritt valv. (various references) siper (aegis, barricade, bulwark, dike, dyke, entrenchment, foxhole, outwork, parapet, rampart, screen, shelter, shield, splasher, trench), kazamat. (various references) каземат, ескарпова галерея. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "CASEMATE": casemates. (additional references) | |
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"CASEMATE" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aksumite, caseated, casenate, Casenave, casenote, Caserma. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "CASEMATE" (pronounced 'Case"mate'): Acclimate, Archprimate, Bipalmate, Bookmate, Chromate, Classmate, Copesmate, Cremate, Dephlegmate, Deplumate, Fissipalmate, Formate, Gemmate, hamate, HELPMATE, Housemate, Humate, Hydrobromate, Inconsummate, Inhumate, Lifemate, messmate, Osmate, Perbromate, Playmate, Primate, Racemate, roommate, Sacchulmate, schoolmate, shipmate, Skainsmate, Steersmate, Stomate, Totipalmate, Ulmate, Unconsummate, Yokemate. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-e-m-s-t" | |
-1 letter: amesace, caseate. | |
-3 letters: aceta, acmes, atmas, camas, cames, caste, cates, cease, cesta, cetes, maces, mates, meats, meets, metes, satem, setae, steam, taces, tames, teams, tease, teems. | |
-4 letters: aces, acme, acta, acts, amas, asea, ates, atma, came, cams, casa, case, cast, cate, cats, cees, cete, ease, east, eats, emes, etas, mace, macs, maes, mast. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-e-e-m-s-t" | |
+1 letter: casemates, emaciates, macerates, racemates. | |
+2 letters: acetamides, demarcates, emasculate. | |
+3 letters: acoelomates, bacteremias, emancipates, emasculated, emasculates, hemiacetals, spermatheca. | |
+4 letters: advancements, antechambers, chamaephytes, macrogametes, maintenances, marketplaces, metathoraces, spermathecae. | |
+5 letters: ascertainment, cabinetmakers, comanagements, methacrylates, reattachments, saccharimeter, saccharometer, sclerodermata. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 41 53 45 4D 41 54 45 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. .- ... . -- .- - . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01000001 01010011 01000101 01001101 01000001 01010100 01000101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C A S E M A T E |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0041 0053 0045 004D 0041 0054 0045 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3735533947355439 |
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