FENCE

Fence

A fence is a freestanding structure designed to restrict or prevent movement across a boundary. Fences are generally distinguished from walls by the lightness of their construction and their purpose. Walls are usually barriers made from solid brick or concrete, blocking vision as well as passage, while fences are used more frequently to provide visual sectioning of spaces.

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fence

Noun

  1. A thin, human-constructed barrier which separates two pieces of land or a house perimeter.
  2. A middleman for transactions of stolen goods.
  3. The place whence such a middleman operates.
  4. Skill in oral debate.
  5. The art or practice of fencing.
  6. A guard or guide on machinery.
  7. A barrier, for example an emotional barrier.

Verb

  1. to enclose, contain or separate by building fence
  2. to defend or guard
  3. to engage in the selling or buying of stolen goods
  4. to engage in (the sport) fencing
  5. to jump over a fence


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