fence
Other forms: fences; fencing; fenced
A fence is a usually wooden or metal structure that encloses a yard, pasture, or other area. Many people with back yard swimming pools put fences around them to make sure small children don't fall in.
The difference between a fence and a wall is that you can almost always see through a fence, at least to some degree, while a wall is solid. You can use fence as a verb too: "I think I'll fence my yard in, because my chickens keep wandering off." If someone calls you a fence, though, they mean you're selling stolen goods, and if you fence professionally, you participate in the sword fighting sport of fencing.
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a barrier that serves to enclose an areasynonyms: fencingtypes:backstop(baseball) a fence or screen (as behind home plate) to prevent the ball from traveling out of the playing fieldchainlink fencea fence of steel wires woven into a diamond patternrail fencea fence (usually made of split logs laid across each other at an angle)stone walla fence built of rough stones; used to separate fieldswalla masonry fence (as around an estate or garden)weira fence or wattle built across a stream to catch or retain fishparty walla wall erected on the line between two properties and shared by both ownersprivet hedgehedge of privet plantsretaining walla wall that is built to resist lateral pressure (especially a wall built to prevent the advance of a mass of earth)shelterbelt, windbreakhedge or fence of trees designed to lessen the force of the wind and reduce erosionVirginia fence, snake fence, snake-rail fence, worm fencerail fence consisting of a zigzag of interlocking railstype of:barriera structure or object that impedes free movement
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surround with an enclosure
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surround with a wall in order to fortify
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a dealer in stolen property
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deal stolen goods
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fight with sword-like foils
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have an argument about something
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