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ENTRENCHMENT

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• ENTRENCHMENT (noun)
The noun ENTRENCHMENT has 1 sense:

1. an entrenched fortification; a position protected by trenches

Familiarity information: ENTRENCHMENT used as a noun is very rare.

• ENTRENCHMENT (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

An entrenched fortification; a position protected by trenches

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

entrenchment; intrenchment

Hypernyms ("entrenchment" is a kind of...):

fortification; munition (defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it)

Meronyms (parts of "entrenchment"):

trench (a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "entrenchment"):

retrenchment (entrenchment consisting of an additional interior fortification to prolong the defense)

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