Definition for Entrenchment:

• The act of entrenching; a breastwork; defense; protection. intrenchment.

Synonyms for Entrenchment:

• n.

  •
  • encroachment,
  • infringement,
  • enter,
  • intrusion.
  •artifact (noun)
  • intrenchment,
  • entrenchment.
  •fortification (noun)
  • block,
  • Embattlement,
  • presidio,
  • barricade,
  • bulwark,
  • blockhouses,
  • earthworks,
  • wall,
  • stockade,
  • outpost,
  • support,
  • buffer,
  • blockhouse,
  • battlement,
  • reinforcement,
  • defense,
  • fastness,
  • protection,
  • castle,
  • breastwork,
  • entrenchments,
  • citadel,
  • earthwork,
  • presidios,
  • fortress,
  • keep,
  • strengthening,
  • parapet,
  • consolidation,
  • garrison,
  • bastion,
  • barrier,
  • preparation,
  • stronghold,
  • breastworks,
  • fort.
  •trench (noun)
  • cut,
  • depression,
  • trough,
  • excavation,
  • furrow,
  • gulch,
  • main,
  • gutter,
  • gully,
  • moat,
  • drain,
  • drill,
  • sink,
  • canal,
  • arroyo,
  • pit,
  • dike,
  • tube,
  • gorge,
  • hollow,
  • dugout,
  • rut.
  •trespass (noun)
  • error,
  • wrongdoing,
  • iniquity,
  • evildoing,
  • fault,
  • injury,
  • misdemeanor,
  • contravention,
  • delinquency,
  • misbehavior,
  • misdeed,
  • misconduct,
  • sin,
  • crime,
  • poaching.

• Other synonyms:

  •n.
  • fortification,
  • fosse,
  • foxhole,
  • impingement,
  • incursion,
  • infiltration,
  • invasion,
  • trench,
  • trespass,
  • waterway,
  • Obtrusion,
  • foxholes,
  • waterways,
  • forced entrance,
  • infiltrations,
  • unlawful entry,
  • wrongful entry,
  • fosses.

Paraphrases for Entrenchment:

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    trench.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    strengthening, Institutionalization, Mainstreaming, intensification, re-establishment, integration.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    enshrinement, enhancement, reinforcement, consolidation, consecration, rooting, Anchoring, embodiment, establishment, Embedding, inclusion, deepening, dedication, vindication, incorporation.

Entrenchment Sentence Examples:

• Within this narrowed circle the same obstinate resistance was to be offered as before, and the bastions and redoubts of the new entrenchment were to be baptized with the same uncouth names which two long years of terrible struggle had made so precious.

• Upon that broken end the commanders of the expedition against Liefkenshoek were ordered to throw up an entrenchment, without loss of a moment, so soon as they should have gained the fortresses which they were ordered first to assault.

Homophones for Entrenchment:

• entrancement.

Hypernym for Entrenchment:

• n.

  • artifact
    retrenchment.

Hyponym for Entrenchment:

• n.

  • artifact
    munition, fortification.

Meronym for Entrenchment:

• n.

  • artifact
    trench.