INTRENCHMENT
Dictionary entry overview: What does intrenchment mean? • INTRENCHMENT (noun)
The noun INTRENCHMENT has 1 sense:
1. an entrenched fortification; a position protected by trenches
Familiarity information: INTRENCHMENT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• INTRENCHMENT (noun)
Meaning:
An entrenched fortification; a position protected by trenches
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
entrenchment; intrenchment
Hypernyms ("intrenchment" is a kind of...):
fortification; munition (defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it)
Meronyms (parts of "intrenchment"):
trench (a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "intrenchment"):
retrenchment (entrenchment consisting of an additional interior fortification to prolong the defense)
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