CASING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does casing mean? 

• CASING (noun)
  The noun CASING has 3 senses:

1. the housing or outer covering of something

2. the outermost covering of a pneumatic tire

3. the enclosing frame around a door or window opening

  Familiarity information: CASING used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CASING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The housing or outer covering of something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

case; casing; shell

Context example:

the clock has a walnut case

Hypernyms ("casing" is a kind of...):

housing (a protective cover designed to contain or support a mechanical component)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "casing"):

boot (protective casing for something that resembles a leg)

gear box; gear case; gearbox (the shell (metal casing) in which a train of gears is sealed)

jacket (the tough metal shell casing for certain kinds of ammunition)

Holonyms ("casing" is a part of...):

grandfather clock; longcase clock (a pendulum clock enclosed in a tall narrow case)

Derivation:

case (enclose in, or as if in, a case)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The outermost covering of a pneumatic tire

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("casing" is a kind of...):

covering (an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it))

Holonyms ("casing" is a part of...):

pneumatic tire; pneumatic tyre (a tire made of reinforced rubber and filled with compressed air; used on motor vehicles and bicycles etc)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The enclosing frame around a door or window opening

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

case; casing

Context example:

the casings had rotted away and had to be replaced

Hypernyms ("casing" is a kind of...):

frame; framework (a structure supporting or containing something)

Holonyms ("casing" is a part of...):

door; doorway; room access; threshold (the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close)

window (a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air)

 Context examples 

Straightway he began taking out the screws, and finally lifted off the lid, showing the casing of lead beneath.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

The team at the Universities of York and Leeds identified an assembly code in the genetic material of Hepatitis B Virus that allows it to create a protective casing in which it can produce new infectious virus particles.

(Scientists A Step Closer to Drug Treatment for Hepatitis B, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)