| NOUN | artifact | fencing, fence | a barrier that serves to enclose an area |
|---|---|---|---|
| substance | fencing, fencing material | material for building fences | |
| act | fencing | 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) |
| Sounds | feh'nsihng | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... | |
| Meaning | A barrier that serves to enclose an area. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | fence | |
| Part of | fence line | A boundary line created / created by a fence |
| Narrower | 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 | |
| picket fence, paling | A fence made of upright pickets | |
| rail fence, split-rail fence | A fence (usually made of split logs laid across each other at an angle) | |
| stone wall | A fence built of rough / rough stones | |
| wall | A masonry fence (as around an estate or garden) | |
| weir | A fence or wattle built across a stream to catch or retain fish | |
| Broader | barrier | A structure or object that impedes free movement |
| Spanish | alambrada, cercado, cerca, seto, valla | |
| Catalan | tanca | |
| Verbs | fence | enclose with a fence |
| Meaning | material for building fences. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | fencing material | |
| Broader | building material | material used for constructing buildings |
| Meaning | 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). | |
|---|---|---|
| Category of | epee | A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade |
| foil | A light slender flexible sword tipped by a button | |
| lunge, straight thrust, passado | (fencing) an attacking thrust made with one foot forward and the back leg straight and with the sword arm outstretched forward | |
| parry | (fencing) blocking a lunge or deflecting it with a circular motion of the sword | |
| piste | A flat rectangular area for fencing bouts | |
| remise | (fencing) a second thrust made on the same lunge (as when your opponent fails to riposte) | |
| riposte | (fencing) a counterattack made immediately after successfully parrying the opponents lunge | |
| riposte | Make a return thrust | |
| saber, sabre | A fencing sword with a v-shaped blade and a slightly curved handle | |
| Broader | fight, fighting, combat, scrap | The act of fighting |
| play, swordplay | The act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully | |
| Spanish | esgrima | |
| Catalan | esgrima | |
| Verbs | fence | fight with fencing swords |
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