different between casemate vs caseate

English

Etymology

From French casemate, from Italian casamatta, probably from casa (“house”) + matto, from matta (“mad, weak, feeble”), diminutive from the same source as English mate in checkmate.

Noun

casemate (plural casemates)

1. 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.
2. A hollow molding, chiefly in cornices.

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References

• casemate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• meatcase

French

Etymology

From Italian casamatta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaz.mat/

Noun

casemate f (plural casemates)

1. pillbox, blockhouse

Further reading

• “casemate” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

From Latin c?seus with -ate.

Noun

caseate (plural caseates)

1. Synonym of caseinate

Verb

caseate (third-person singular simple present caseates, present participle caseating, simple past and past participle caseated)

1. (intransitive) To produce a cheese-like substance.

Related terms

• casein

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