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adj. - Enclosed in a box or receptacle to contain or hold something

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Usage examples (32)
  • Knights cased in steel
  • Some skins have to be cased, that is removed entire, or turned inside out, and not cut down the belly first, which injures their sale.
  • Last year, on the day of the big annual school play, young Brandon "cased" a jump in the terrain park.
  • In "cased" books, sewn by machinery, the head and tail of the sheets will often be found to be split up as far as the "kettle" stitches.
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