case
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /keɪs/
rhymes: -eɪs
Forms: form: cases
Etymology: From Middle English case, from Old Northern French casse (compare Old French chasse (“box, chest, case”)), from Latin capsa (“box, bookcase”), from capiō (“to take, seize, hold”). Doublet of cash, chase, and chasse. Compare Spanish caja, Asturian caxa, Portuguese caixa.
Senses: glosses: A box that contains or can contain a number of identical items of manufacture.
examples: text: a case for spectacles; the case of a watch
glosses: A box, sheath, or covering generally.
glosses: A piece of luggage that can be used to transport an apparatus such as a sewing machine.
examples: text: a door case; a window case
glosses: An enclosing frame or casing.
glosses: A suitcase.
glosses: A piece of furniture, constructed partially of transparent glass or plastic, within which items can be displayed.
glosses: The outer covering or framework of a piece of apparatus such as a computer.
topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: A shallow tray divided into compartments or "boxes" for holding type, traditionally arranged in sets of two, the "upper case" (containing capitals, small capitals, accented) and "lower case" (small letters, figures, punctuation marks, quadrats, and spaces).
topics: media
publishing
typography
glosses: The nature of a piece of alphabetic type, whether a “capital” (upper case) or “small” (lower case) letter.
topics: card-games
poker
glosses: Four of a kind.
glosses: A unit of liquid measure used to measure sales in the beverage industry, equivalent to 192 fluid ounces.
topics: business
mining
glosses: A small fissure which admits water into the workings.
glosses: A thin layer of harder metal on the surface of an object whose deeper metal is allowed to remain soft.
examples: text: a single case of Bud Light
synonyms: carton
glosses: A cardboard box that holds (usually 24) beer bottles or cans.
examples: text: The price of a case (five shillings piece bad) from the smasher is about one shilling; an alderman (two and sixpence) about sixpence; a peg (shilling) about threepence; a downer or sprat (sixpence) about twopence.
ref: 1859, Snowden's magistrates assistant, page 90:
glosses: A counterfeit crown (five-shilling coin).
Derived terms: sense: Terms derived from case (noun, etymology 2)
word: alternating case
sense: Terms derived from case (noun, etymology 2)
word: attaché case
sense: Terms derived from case (noun, etymology 2)
word: basket case
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word: bookcase
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word: braincase
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word: briefcase
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word: burial case
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word: business case
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word: camel case
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word: capcase
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word: cardcase
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word: casal
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word: case badge
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word: casebearer
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word: casebearing
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word: casebound
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word: case clock
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word: case fan
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word: case folding
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word: case fraction
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word: caseful
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word: case harden
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word: caseharden
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word: case hardened
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word: case hardening
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word: case head
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word: case independent
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word: case-independent
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word: case insensitive
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word: casekeeper
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word: case knife
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word: caseless
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word: caselike
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word: casemaker
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word: casemaking
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word: case picking
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word: case sensitive
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word: case-shot
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word: caseworm
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word: casing
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word: chain case
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word: chaincase
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word: charging case
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word: cicada case
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word: cigarette case
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word: clockcase
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word: closet case
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word: corner case
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word: crankcase
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word: dash case
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word: day case
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word: discase
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word: dispatch case
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word: display case
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word: doorcase
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word: downcase
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word: dressing case
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word: egg case
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word: encase
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word: flightcase
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word: gear case
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word: headcase
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word: incase
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word: jewel case
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word: kebab case
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word: letter case
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word: longcase
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word: lower case
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word: meatcase
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word: needlecase
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word: notecase
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word: overnight case
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word: packing case
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word: paper case
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word: Pascal case
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word: patty case
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word: pencase
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word: pencil case
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word: pillow case
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word: pillowcase
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word: pincase
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word: pipecase
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word: podcase
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word: road case
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word: sadcase
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word: seedcase
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word: sentence case
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word: showcase
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word: slip case
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word: slipcase
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word: snake case
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word: spectacle case
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word: spore case
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word: staircase
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word: suitcase
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word: tall-case clock
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word: titlecase
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word: title case
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word: toolcase
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word: topcase
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word: traps case
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word: traycase
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word: trophy case
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word: trotter case
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word: typecase
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word: unicase
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word: uniform case
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word: uppercase
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word: upper case
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word: vanity case
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word: Wardian case
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word: watchcase
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word: wingcase