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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CASEMATE

From French, from Italian casamatta, perhaps from Greek khasmata apertures, plural of khasmachasm.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CASEMATE

casemate  [ˈkeɪsˌmeɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CASEMATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Casemate is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CASEMATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

casemate

Casemate

A casemate, sometimes rendered casement, is a fortified gun emplacement or armored structure from which guns are fired. Originally, the term referred to a vaulted chamber in a fortress. In the context of armoured fighting vehicles, this usually refers to those with a main gun that lack a turret.

Definition of casemate in the English dictionary

The definition of casemate in the dictionary is an armoured compartment in a ship or fortification in which guns are mounted.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CASEMATE


animate
ˈænɪˌmeɪt
automate
ˈɔːtəˌmeɪt
checkmate
ˈtʃɛkˌmeɪt
classmate
ˈklɑːsˌmeɪt
consummate
ˈkɒnsəˌmeɪt
decimate
ˈdɛsɪˌmeɪt
diplomate
ˈdɪpləˌmeɪt
estimate
ˈɛstɪˌmeɪt
flatmate
ˈflætˌmeɪt
glutamate
ˈɡluːtəˌmeɪt
helpmate
ˈhɛlpˌmeɪt
housemate
ˈhaʊsˌmeɪt
humate
ˈhjuːˌmeɪt
inmate
ˈɪnˌmeɪt
messmate
ˈmɛsˌmeɪt
overestimate
ˌəʊvərˈɛstɪˌmeɪt
playmate
ˈpleɪˌmeɪt
roommate
ˈruːmˌmeɪt
stalemate
ˈsteɪlˌmeɪt
underestimate
ˌʌndərˈɛstɪˌmeɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CASEMATE

casebound
cased edition
casefy
caseic
casein
caseinate
caseinogen
caseload
casemaker
caseman
casemated
casement
casement window
caseose
caseous
casern
caserne
Caserta
casework
caseworker

WORDS THAT END LIKE CASEMATE

agemate
amate
approximate
climate
copemate
cremate
formate
inanimate
incremate
intimate
legitimate
mate
primate
racemate
remate
soul mate
stablemate
tablemate
ultimate
yokemate

Synonyms and antonyms of casemate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «casemate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CASEMATE

Find out the translation of casemate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of casemate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «casemate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

炮台
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

casamata
570 millions of speakers

English

casemate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कैसमैट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

casemate
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

каземат
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

casamata
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ছাদত্তয়ালা কক্ষ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

casemate
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Casemate
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kasematte
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

砲郭
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

포대
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Casemate
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hầm dùng đặt súng đại bác
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

போர்க் கப்பலில் துப்பாக்கிகள் வைக்கும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कैजेमेट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kazamat
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

casamatta
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kazamata
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

каземат
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cazemata
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

casemate
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kazemat
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mate
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Casemate
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of casemate

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CASEMATE»

The term «casemate» is regularly used and occupies the 73.221 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CASEMATE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «casemate» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «casemate» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about casemate

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CASEMATE»

Discover the use of casemate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to casemate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Excavations at Tall Jawa, Jordan: The Iron Age Town
Casemate Wall makes it impossible to determine whether this attack was the event that brought Stratum IX to an end. It is more likely that the weapons are related to later events in the history of the town. STRATUM VIIIB - THE CASEMATE ...
Paulette M. Michèle Daviau, 2003
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The Naval Policy of Austria-Hungary, 1867-1918: Navalism, ...
clads as casemate ships. The basic design of the hull was similar to the French Gloire, the British Warrior, and the Austrian and Italian armored frigates that saw action at Lissa, but instead of having two or three dozen guns mounted in side ...
Lawrence Sondhaus, 1994
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Index Universalis Multilingualis: Deutsch - Französisch - ...
casemate de décharge - discharging casemate - Dechargenkasematte / Entlastungskasematte, 7/112 casemate de flanc - casemate in the flank - Flankenkasematte, 7/113 casemate de traditore - traditor-casemate - Traditor, 7/ 117 casemate ...
K. G. Saur Verlag GmbH & Company, Walter De Gruyter, 2003
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Maginot Line 1940: Battles on the French Frontier
The German assault on Casemate Oberroedern-Nord was a desperate fight. During the preparatory bombardment a Stuka bomb hit the casemate's protective ditch. The explosion breached the casemate's exterior wall, breaking up several ...
Marc Romanych, Martin Rupp, 2010
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The Maginot Line: History and Guide
Victor, 137 Brialmont, Henri, 6, 88, 192, 202 Briancon, 76, 94, 155, 159, 259 British Expeditionary Force (BEF), 98, 102, 103,118,120,121 Bruge, Roger, 182, 214, 300 Burtscher, Jean—Louis, 169, 184, 250 Casemate de Berge, 65 Casemate ...
H. W. Kaufmann, Aleksander Jankovič Potočnik, P. Lang, 2011
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The United Service Magazine
After 32 rounds the embrasure of the right was demolished to the half of its depth. The exterior opening it presented was 13ft. 8in. by 9ft. ; the casemate had been traversed and richocheted in every direction by five new shot ; a wooden target, ...
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The Maginot Line 1928-45
An interval casemate was entered through an armoured door in its rear. The door was reached by a removable bridge, which spanned the casemate's ditch. The entrance was defended by one or two embrasures for automatic rifles: an ...
William Allcorn, 2012
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Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible
Wall Types Several types of city walls are attested: a peripheral belt of houses, a massive (solid) wall, and a casemate wall. Some villages and small cities built a peripheral belt of houses, i.e., houses abutted in a circular manner facing inward  ...
David Noel Freedman, Allen C. Myers, 2000
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Jungvolk: The Story of a Boy Defending Hitler's Reich
CASEMATE. 1016 Warrior Road, Drexel Hill, PA 19026 and in the United Kingdom by ... Printed and Bound in the United States of America For a complete list of Casemate titles, please contact United States of America Casemate Publishers ...
Wilhelm Reinhard Gehlen, 2004
10
Fort Eben Emael
We could see that the gun had been torn from its mounting and thrown inwards into the casemate and lay like a crumpled matchbox in the corner. The opening was 60 cm x 60 cm so it was big enough for anyone to climb in easily. Inside the ...
Tim Saunders, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CASEMATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term casemate is used in the context of the following news items.
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Palais Coburg: Behind the Scenes of the Iranian Nuclear Talks
So, the vaulted Casemate chambers going several floors below Palais Coburg are today the only a spatial remnant of that grandiose ... «Sputnik International, Jul 15»
2
CSS Georgia recovery process underway
"The casemate, we are actually going to break up the casemate on the bottom and we are going to bring it up in sections," explained CWO Potts ... «FOX6 WBRC - MyFoxAL.com, Jul 15»
3
Navy divers recover Civil War explosives
"We are actually going to break up the casemate on the bottom and we are going to bring it up in sections,” said Potts. Spending this kind of ... «WTVM, Jul 15»
4
Fort Monroe flag fund donations running low
Because of military protocol, the flag was lowered and preserved at the fort's Casemate Museum. Replacing it, however, required funding and ... «Daily Press, Jul 15»
5
An Immersive Tech-Tour of Europe – Physically & Virtually
... including Carrefour Numérique and Universcience Paris, the Science Museum London, Le Casemate Grenoble and HKD based in Margate. «Blooloop, Jul 15»
6
Divers continue to unveil 'little shards of life' from CSS Georgia
Once complete, they'll raise larger, heavier portions of the ironclad including the cannons, engine cylinders and sections of the casemate. «DVIDS, Jun 15»
7
Craft brewery eyes Fort Monroe
He wanted to be in a casemate space near the Casemate Museum, but that wasn't financially feasible. So last summer, he changed his ... «Daily Press, Jun 15»
8
Transformed by one summer 71 years ago - Veterans return to …
... bear to leave him lying by the roadside, a grandson pointing out the casemate where his Red Devil grandfather flushed out the Germans. «Norfolk Eastern Daily Press, Jun 15»
9
Bomber Command navigator makes amazing discovery about …
Tel. +44 (0)1763 802018. (Trade orders through Casematecasemate-uk@casematepublishers.co.uk, +44(0)1865 241249. Dynamic Dart ... «Bedford Today, Jun 15»
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Gold Run...
This new book published by Casemate UK tells the story of a very specific part of the story of WW2 and the evacuation of the Norwegian Gold ... «Military Modelling, Jun 15»

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