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INCASEMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does incasement mean? 

INCASEMENT (noun)
  The noun INCASEMENT has 1 sense:

1. the act of enclosing something in a caseplay

  Familiarity information: INCASEMENT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


INCASEMENT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of enclosing something in a case

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

encasement; incasement

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

enclosing; enclosure; envelopment; inclosure (the act of enclosing something inside something else)

Derivation:

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


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