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fencing

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: fencing

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n
a barrier that serves to enclose an area
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n
the art or sport of fighting with swords (especially the use of foils or epees or sabres to score points under a set of rules)
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: fencing
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n a barrier that serves to enclose an area

Synonyms:
fence
Types:
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backstop
(baseball) a fence or screen (as behind home plate) to prevent the ball from traveling out of the playing field
chainlink fence
a fence of steel wires woven into a diamond pattern
hedge, hedgerow
a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes
paling, picket fence
a fence made of upright pickets
rail fence
a fence (usually made of split logs laid across each other at an angle)
stone wall
a fence built of rough stones; used to separate fields
wall
a masonry fence (as around an estate or garden)
weir
a fence or wattle built across a stream to catch or retain fish
dry wall, dry-stone wall
a stone wall made with stones fitted together without mortar
party wall
a wall erected on the line between two properties and shared by both owners
privet hedge
hedge of privet plants
retaining wall
a wall that is built to resist lateral pressure (especially a wall built to prevent the advance of a mass of earth)
shelterbelt, windbreak
hedge or fence of trees designed to lessen the force of the wind and reduce erosion
Virginia fence, snake fence, snake-rail fence, worm fence
rail fence consisting of a zigzag of interlocking rails
Type of:
barrier
a structure or object that impedes free movement

n material for building fences

Synonyms:
fencing material
Type of:
building material
material used for constructing buildings
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n the art or sport of fighting with swords (especially the use of foils or epees or sabres to score points under a set of rules)

Type of:
play, swordplay
the act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully
combat, fight, fighting, scrap
the act of fighting; any contest or struggle
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