fence
/fɛns/
A thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or forms a perimeter enclosing the lands of a house, building, etc; Someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods, a criminal middleman for transactions of stolen goods; The place whence such a middleman operates
- plural
- fences
Meanings
- 1
A thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or forms a perimeter enclosing the lands of a house, building, etc
We'll paint the fence tomorrow.
Tatoeba · CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tom climbed over the fence.
Tatoeba · CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
Someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods, a criminal middleman for transactions of stolen goods
- 3
The place whence such a middleman operates
- 4
Skill in oral debaterare
- 5
The art or practice of fencingrare
- 6
A guard or guide on machineryrare
- 7
A barrier, for example an emotional barrierrare
- 8
A prohibition enacted to prevent violation of another more primary rulerare
- 9
A memory barrierrare
- 10
The boundaryrare