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casements

Noun
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

Windows, especially old-fashioned ones hinged at the sides to swing outward; in poetry, casements evoke intimacy, longing, and the boundary between interior warmth and exterior world, often framing a view.

Detailed Definition
A casement is a hinged window that opens like a door. The word is common in older literature but less common in everyday modern English, so Keats's "magic casements" may need explanation.
Example
Example in poetry:
“Charm’d magic casements, opening on the foam,” from Keats links windows with perilous enchantment; “The casements of the manor flashed at sunset,” uses the plural literally; Gothic poems often place a watcher at casements during storms or midnight vigils; “Apartment casements opened onto traffic’s foam,” reworks Keats’s phrase for urban noise
Additional Notes
"Casements" is an older, literary word for windows and is less familiar than the modern everyday term.; Found in the poem, Ode to a Nightingale by John Keats
Also Known As
windows apertures openings
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