What is another word for fence?
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Similar words for fence:- argue (noun)
- armament; protection system (noun)
- artifact (noun)
- bar (noun)
- barbed wire (noun)
- barrier used to enclose a piece of land (noun)
- contend (noun)
- debate (noun)
- defense (noun)
- edge (noun)
- enclosure (noun)
- fencing (noun)
- framework (noun)
- gate (noun)
- greatest extent (noun)
- hedge (noun)
- limit (noun)
- pen (noun)
- person who steals (noun)
- prison (noun)
- rail/railing (noun)
- rampart (noun)
- receiver (noun)
- robber (noun)
- stockade (noun)
- stop (noun)
- wall (noun)
- wattle (noun)
- bar (verb)
- compete (verb)
- contact (verb)
- dodge (verb)
- dodge; beat around the bush (verb)
- duck (verb)
- enclose (verb)
- enclose or separate an area (verb)
- entrench (verb)
- envelop (verb)
- equivocate (verb)
- evade (verb)
- hem/hem in (verb)
- imprison (verb)
- maneuver (verb)
- parry (verb)
- pettifog (verb)
- quibble (verb)
- shirk (verb)
- simulate (verb)
- stall (verb)
- traffic (verb)
- other synonyms
- avoid
- enclose
- entrench
- environ
- equivocate
- fencing
- hedge
- other relevant words
- pettifog
- quibble
Synonyms for Fence:
n.
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- con artist,
- paling,
- hedge,
- railing,
- con woman,
- barricade,
- net,
- drug baron,
- backstop,
- CONMAN.
- chains,
- boards,
- block,
- guard,
- bar,
- roadblock,
- stakes,
- stockade,
- dike,
- cyclone,
- palisade,
- wall,
- posts,
- rampart,
- stop,
- pickets,
- shield.
- brink,
- ring,
- precipice,
- brim,
- outline,
- coast,
- frontier limit,
- border,
- boundary,
- rim,
- tip,
- extremity,
- periphery,
- sharpness,
- perimeter,
- fringe,
- edge,
- margin,
- curb,
- side.
- egress,
- turnstiles,
- revolving door,
- revolving doors,
- portcullises,
- slammers,
- slammer,
- turnstile,
- doorways,
- weirs,
- portcullis,
- weir,
- doorway.
- end point,
- farthest point,
- end points,
- ultimates,
- the most,
- farthest reach,
- absolutes,
- limits,
- the max,
- maxes,
- max,
- cutoff point,
- bourne.
- dungeon,
- bridle,
- Alcatraz,
- vise,
- jailhouse,
- penal colony,
- pinion,
- harness,
- cooler,
- reform school,
- handcuff,
- brig,
- lockup,
- cell,
- prison,
- pound,
- keep,
- manacle,
- pillory,
- irons,
- jail,
- collar,
- reformatory,
- oubliette,
- straight jacket,
- San Quentin,
- jug,
- gaol,
- shackle,
- tether.
- cardsharpers,
- cardsharper,
- rustler,
- de spoilers,
- secondstory operator,
- second-story operator,
- de-spoiler,
- shoplifter,
- cattle thieves,
- housebreaker,
- grafters,
- housebreakers,
- sandbagger,
- Grafter,
- de-spoilers,
- holdup artists,
- second-story operators,
- holdup artist,
- sandbaggers,
- despoilers,
- second story operator,
- pillagers,
- despoiler,
- secondstory operators,
- pillager,
- safecrackers,
- de spoiler,
- cattle thief,
- Forager,
- raider,
- rustlers,
- second story operators,
- shoplifters,
- marauder,
- foragers,
- safecracker.
v.
•bar (verb) •compete (verb)- wast in the running,
- matching strength,
- be in running,
- art in running,
- seeking prize,
- were in the running,
- takes part,
- was the running,
- was in running,
- jockeyed for position,
- goes for gold,
- ins the hunt,
- were in running,
- inned the hunt,
- being the running,
- seeks prize,
- being in running,
- art the running,
- ran for,
- jockeying for position,
- are the running,
- jockeys for position,
- goes for the gold,
- are in running,
- matching wits,
- is in the running,
- matches strength,
- participates in,
- is in running,
- being in the running,
- matched strength,
- runs for,
- wast the running,
- wert in running,
- running for,
- in hunt,
- go for gold,
- being running,
- inning the hunt,
- going for the gold,
- participating in,
- ins hunt,
- matches wits,
- pits against,
- matched wits,
- going for gold,
- art in the running,
- wast running,
- scrambled for,
- wert running,
- wert in the running,
- inned hunt,
- went after,
- wert the running,
- were the running,
- copes with,
- are running,
- is the running,
- goes for broke,
- art running,
- pitting oneself against,
- be the running,
- went for the gold,
- went for gold,
- pitted against,
- sought prize,
- inning hunt,
- am running,
- were running,
- was in the running,
- pitted oneself against,
- wast in running,
- went for broke,
- pitting against,
- scrambles for,
- pits oneself against,
- is running,
- am the running,
- scrambling for,
- are in the running.
- move side,
- gives the slip,
- shortcircuiting,
- moved to the side,
- put move on,
- got around,
- moves to side,
- gets out of,
- circumlocuted,
- juking,
- gives slip,
- gotten out of,
- short circuited,
- tergiversed,
- juked,
- putting the move on,
- circumlocuting,
- gave the slip,
- moves to the side,
- short-circuits,
- Short-circuited,
- gat around,
- circumlocutes,
- skips out on,
- moving the side,
- moving side,
- puts the move on,
- tergiversing,
- putting move on,
- tergiverses,
- shortcircuited,
- giving slip,
- moves the side,
- moving to side,
- shortcircuits,
- gets around,
- skipping out on,
- skipped out on,
- give slip,
- gotten around,
- moved side,
- short circuiting,
- moves side,
- giving the slip,
- turns aside,
- moved the side,
- fended off,
- puts move on,
- gat out of,
- move the side,
- moved to side,
- shortcircuit,
- gave slip,
- moving to the side,
- getting out of.
- cavil,
- feint,
- shift,
- prevaricate,
- foil,
- quibble,
- outwit,
- tergiversate,
- baffle,
- avoid,
- stonewall,
- sidestep.
- cage,
- girdle,
- fortify,
- secure,
- restrict,
- hem,
- confine,
- coop,
- protect,
- pen,
- circumscribe,
- defend,
- bound.
- de-fined,
- de fining,
- de fine,
- in stalled,
- in-graining,
- in-fix,
- in graining,
- in-fixing,
- in fixing,
- in fixes,
- in-stall,
- de fines,
- in-stalls,
- de-fining,
- in-fixes,
- in stalling,
- in-fixed,
- in grain,
- de-fines,
- in-stalling,
- in fix,
- in stalls,
- in stall,
- in fixed,
- in-grain,
- in-grains,
- in-stalled,
- in-grained,
- de-fine,
- de fined,
- in grains.
- in-vesting,
- in-vest,
- in vest,
- over-lays,
- super imposes,
- over-spreading,
- over-laying,
- over lay,
- over-laid,
- over spreads,
- super-impose,
- in vests,
- over spreading,
- over laid,
- over-spreads,
- over-spread,
- sur-rounding,
- over-lay,
- in-vests,
- super-imposing,
- over laying,
- sur-rounded,
- sur rounding,
- over lays,
- super impose,
- super imposing,
- super-imposes,
- super imposed,
- in-vested,
- in vested,
- sur rounded.
- blow hot cold,
- clouded the issue,
- beats around bush,
- flip flopped,
- sate on fence,
- ran around,
- beating around bush,
- flip flopping,
- double-talking,
- cloud issue,
- doubletalk,
- sat fence,
- clouding issue,
- gave run around,
- beats around the bush,
- clouding the issue,
- doubletalked,
- beg question,
- pass buck,
- runs around,
- double talked,
- sitting on fence,
- telling white lie,
- begging question,
- sitting on the fence,
- begged the question,
- mincing words,
- told white lie,
- sate fence,
- sit the fence,
- flipflopping,
- sits on the fence,
- cop plea,
- flipflopped,
- sat the fence,
- sitting fence,
- doubletalking,
- sate the fence,
- sits fence,
- giving run around,
- sat on the fence,
- double-talked,
- clouded issue,
- begs question,
- sitting the fence,
- double talking,
- clouds the issue,
- clouds issue,
- minces words,
- flip-flopped,
- begged question,
- flip flop,
- sit fence,
- sate on the fence,
- sat on fence,
- gives run around,
- sits the fence,
- sits on fence,
- tells white lie,
- running around,
- hem haw,
- begs the question.
- gave the runaround,
- by passes,
- led merry chase,
- sneaks away,
- leading merry chase,
- lead a merry chase,
- slipped out,
- by passed,
- laying low,
- de-cline,
- leads on a merry chase,
- slips out,
- led on merry chase,
- pre tending,
- passing up,
- snuck away,
- leads on merry chase,
- led on a merry chase,
- slipping out,
- by passing,
- leading a merry chase,
- de-clines,
- slipt out,
- by pass,
- pre tends,
- gives runaround,
- lead merry chase,
- gave runaround,
- giving runaround,
- gives the runaround,
- keeping distance,
- kept distance,
- leading on a merry chase,
- steered clear of,
- passes up,
- leads a merry chase,
- pre-tends,
- lead on merry chase,
- sneaking away,
- leading on merry chase,
- pre-tending,
- give runaround,
- pre-tended,
- leads merry chase,
- keeps distance,
- pre tend,
- steers clear of,
- giving the runaround,
- de cline,
- lays low,
- de clines,
- led a merry chase,
- sneaked away.
- be girds,
- be girding,
- be girded,
- be sets,
- be gird,
- be-girded,
- be-girds,
- be-girt,
- hedges in,
- be girt,
- be setting,
- be-sets,
- be-setting,
- be-gird,
- be-set,
- hedging in,
- be-girding.
- de sign,
- leaves holding bag,
- puts over,
- up stage,
- de-signing,
- leave holding bag,
- up stages,
- goes around,
- de-vise,
- up-stage,
- putting over,
- leaving holding bag,
- putting one over,
- be-guiles,
- be guile,
- plays games,
- de-sign,
- be-guile,
- leaving holding the bag,
- leaved holding the bag,
- de signed,
- de vising,
- up staging,
- played games,
- de signs,
- be guiles,
- pulling strings,
- de signing,
- de vise,
- up-staging,
- pushed around,
- left holding the bag,
- puts one over,
- leaved holding bag,
- co oking,
- de-vised,
- co-oked,
- pushes around,
- up-stages,
- de-vising,
- co-oking,
- up-staged,
- de vised,
- up staged,
- pulls strings,
- co oked,
- de-signs,
- leaves holding the bag,
- de-signed,
- left holding bag.
- holding at bay,
- pre-vent,
- fore stalls,
- fore-stalling,
- re-buffed,
- pre-venting,
- re-buffs,
- re-pulses,
- pre vents,
- re pulsed,
- fore-stalls,
- holding bay,
- fore-stalled,
- fore stalled,
- pre-vents,
- pre vent,
- re buff,
- fore stalling,
- re pulses,
- fore stall,
- holds bay,
- re buffed,
- pre venting,
- holds at bay,
- re-pulsing,
- re-buffing,
- pre-vented,
- re pulsing,
- held bay,
- re buffs,
- re buffing,
- re-pulsed,
- held at bay,
- hold bay,
- fore-stall.
- picked pieces,
- picking pieces,
- pick pieces,
- picks to pieces,
- picks pieces,
- picked to pieces,
- picking to pieces.
- hyper criticize,
- made a big thing about,
- having it,
- argufies,
- catches at straws,
- hast at it,
- hyper-criticizing,
- hyper criticized,
- hast it,
- nit-picks,
- hyper-criticize,
- hypercriticized,
- paralogizes,
- put argument,
- hath it,
- hyper criticizing,
- nit-picked,
- caught at straws,
- catching at straws,
- puts up an argument,
- hadst it,
- having at it,
- hyper criticizes,
- hyper-criticizes,
- puts up argument,
- catching straws,
- catches straws,
- hyper-criticized,
- Paralogized,
- hath at it,
- argues over,
- makes big thing about,
- argufied,
- catch straws,
- nit picking,
- nit pick,
- nit picks,
- has at it,
- setting to,
- putting argument,
- caught straws,
- putting up an argument,
- hypercriticizing,
- nit picked,
- talked back,
- Paralogizing,
- putting up argument,
- put an argument,
- hadst at it,
- making big thing about,
- making a big thing about,
- puts argument,
- haddest it,
- makes a big thing about,
- putting an argument,
- made big thing about,
- sets to,
- talks back,
- puts an argument,
- argued over,
- has it,
- haddest at it,
- hypercriticizes,
- make big thing about,
- had at it.
- lay down on job,
- lying down on job,
- lying down job,
- shuffled off,
- lie down job,
- lies down job,
- lies down on job,
- shuffling off,
- sloughed off,
- lied down job,
- sloughing off,
- lay down job,
- lied down on job,
- shuffles off.
- dis guised,
- doeth take-off,
- dis-guised,
- dis guise,
- put act,
- didst a take off,
- do a take off,
- didst a take-off,
- in vent,
- doing takeoff,
- in-vented,
- do take-off,
- in-vent,
- mis representing,
- glosses over,
- doeth like,
- doest takeoff,
- doest like,
- do take off,
- didst a takeoff,
- did takeoff,
- doing take off,
- doeth a take off,
- re plicated,
- doeth take off,
- dost takeoff,
- re plicate,
- acting like,
- do takeoff,
- in-vents,
- in vented,
- dost like,
- in-venting,
- dis guises,
- doing a take off,
- doest take-off,
- acted like,
- does a takeoff,
- did take off,
- re-producing,
- re-produce,
- in venting,
- doth a takeoff,
- did like,
- doeth a take-off,
- dost a takeoff,
- acts like,
- doest a takeoff,
- re-plicated,
- glossing over,
- doing like,
- does a take-off,
- mis represents,
- dost take off,
- dis-guising,
- doth take-off,
- dis-guise,
- does like,
- doth a take-off,
- re plicates,
- re-produces,
- didst takeoff,
- doing take-off,
- re-plicating,
- doth take off,
- does takeoff,
- dost take-off,
- doth a take off,
- mis-represents,
- does take-off,
- does a take off,
- didst like,
- did take-off,
- dost a take-off,
- doeth a takeoff,
- re-plicate,
- doing a take-off,
- dost a take off,
- did a takeoff,
- mis-represented,
- did a take off,
- mis-represent,
- doest a take off,
- doeth takeoff,
- re produced,
- did a take-off,
- in vents,
- re-plicates,
- put an act,
- mis-representing,
- re produces,
- phonying,
- didst take off,
- doest a take-off,
- phonied,
- doth like,
- does take off,
- mis represented,
- dis-guises,
- doth takeoff,
- dis guising,
- re-produced,
- doest take off,
- re producing,
- re plicating,
- doing a takeoff,
- mis represent,
- didst take-off.
- not moves,
- takes ones time,
- dragged feet,
- stands still,
- post pones,
- took one time,
- dragging one feet,
- take ones time,
- taking ones time,
- stood off,
- drags feet,
- dragged one feet,
- slowing down,
- standing off,
- takes one's time,
- taking one time,
- takes time,
- drag ones feet,
- drags ones feet,
- post-pones,
- played for time,
- stood still,
- drag one feet,
- take one time,
- took ones time,
- drags one feet,
- dragging ones feet,
- takes one time,
- slows down,
- dragged one's feet,
- dragging one's feet,
- taking time,
- dragged ones feet,
- took time,
- took one's time,
- stands off,
- drags one's feet,
- dragging feet,
- post pone.
- inter face,
- ex-changed,
- black-marketing,
- horse trades,
- hast dealings,
- inter acts,
- ex changes,
- has transaction,
- hadst transaction,
- inter-faced,
- black marketed,
- made a deal,
- haddest dealings,
- inter faced,
- blackmarkets,
- make deal,
- ex change,
- makes a deal,
- inter-act,
- inter-faces,
- hadst dealings,
- inter-acts,
- blackmarketed,
- inter-acting,
- inter act,
- ex changing,
- re-lated,
- inter acted,
- re late,
- makes deal,
- had dealings,
- has dealings,
- had transaction,
- made deal,
- making a deal,
- inter faces,
- hast transaction,
- blackmarketing,
- inter facing,
- moonshined,
- inter-acted,
- inter acting,
- hath transaction,
- dealt in,
- ex-changing,
- connects with,
- haddest transaction,
- inter-face,
- black-markets,
- blackmarket,
- black marketing,
- having dealings,
- having transaction,
- horse traded,
- hath dealings,
- black-marketed,
- connecting with.
Other synonyms:
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- forger,
- scofflaw,
- windbreak,
- chicken wire,
- lariat,
- riding crop,
- drug lord,
- rail,
- picket fence,
- blinders,
- Pack saddle,
- smuggler,
- winning post,
- balustrade,
- abductor,
- thug,
- immure,
- arsonist,
- sociopath,
- runner,
- front man,
- hooligan,
- sex offender,
- stile,
- gunrunner,
- accessory,
- tough,
- fugitive,
- hood,
- chain-link fence,
- vandal,
- starting gate,
- villain,
- rough,
- cattle guard,
- prowler,
- child molester,
- guard rail,
- barricade tape,
- racketeer,
- firebug,
- fraudster,
- hoodlum,
- Mr. Big,
- trust,
- barbed wire,
- mug,
- silk,
- intruder,
- stalker.
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- deal with.
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- spur.
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- bit.
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- screen.
- enclosed,
- fenced off,
- locked up,
- Mures,
- encase,
- interned,
- locks up,
- closed in,
- block off,
- lock up,
- wall in,
- lock in,
- set apart,
- encasing,
- encases,
- interning,
- close in,
- sets apart,
- closing in,
- box up,
- Mure,
- fence off,
- locked in,
- locking in,
- setting apart,
- mew,
- enshrouded,
- shut in,
- locking up.
- run around,
- flip-flopping,
- jives,
- lied,
- beating around the bush,
- covering up,
- jive,
- cloud the issue,
- flipflop,
- cover up,
- covered up,
- beat around the bush,
- begging the question,
- jived,
- tell white lie,
- give run around,
- mince words,
- minced words,
- jiving,
- sit on fence,
- fibbing,
- covers up,
- beg the question,
- sit on the fence.
- sheathe,
- duck,
- enclose,
- Vied,
- interface,
- beat around bush,
- get around,
- move to side,
- have transaction,
- pushing around,
- pull strings,
- stand off,
- playact,
- filibustered,
- shake off,
- lie down on job,
- Filibustering,
- Bandied,
- bootlegs,
- goes after,
- put over,
- do a takeoff,
- drag one's feet,
- walled,
- connected with,
- was running,
- Moonshining,
- glossed over,
- in the hunt,
- come with,
- leave holding the bag,
- deal in,
- Parried,
- hold at bay,
- Maneuvered,
- match wits,
- Short-circuiting,
- Diked,
- Girdled,
- entrench,
- grapple,
- take part,
- slowed down,
- not move,
- sloughs off,
- pit against,
- skip out on,
- steer clear of,
- rimmed,
- go for the gold,
- connect with,
- Jukes,
- circumlocute,
- Bummed,
- lurching,
- interfaces,
- Shrouded,
- shakes off,
- Walling,
- move to the side,
- lead on a merry chase,
- Bumming,
- getting around,
- deals in,
- traffic,
- playing for time,
- have dealings,
- simulate,
- going for broke,
- caulks,
- go around,
- jousted,
- horse trade,
- Pirating,
- shuffle off,
- by-passing,
- run for,
- pass up,
- go for broke,
- shies,
- evade,
- bootlegged,
- stall,
- caulked,
- turned aside,
- take time,
- shrouding,
- scammed,
- plays for time,
- shirk,
- hem in,
- blockaded,
- bootlegging,
- laid low,
- interacting,
- interfaced,
- Cribbing,
- taking part,
- keep distance,
- push around,
- enwrap,
- super-imposed,
- taking one's time,
- act like,
- seek prize,
- reaches out,
- Cribbed,
- reach out,
- put on act,
- Emulated,
- phonies,
- slough off,
- pussyfoot,
- pit oneself against,
- compete,
- tergiverse,
- En Garde,
- darking,
- goldbrick,
- put one over,
- got out of,
- Snaking,
- dealing in,
- cope with,
- jamming,
- slow down,
- overspreads,
- simulated,
- sneak away,
- not moving,
- be in the running,
- blockading,
- stand still,
- going after,
- not moved,
- Short circuit,
- reached out,
- envelop,
- went around,
- Fringing,
- over spread,
- Diking,
- Struggled,
- darked,
- deadbolt,
- participated in,
- turning aside,
- Rimming,
- parry,
- tussle,
- hedge in,
- be set,
- playing games,
- took part,
- fending off,
- scramble for,
- Pirated,
- overspread,
- By-pass,
- go after,
- coping with,
- horse trading,
- give the slip,
- maneuver,
- Margined,
- do a take-off,
- passed up,
- lay low,
- standing still,
- engulf,
- equivocate,
- slinks,
- short circuits,
- Snaked,
- get out of,
- caulk,
- make a deal,
- Shying,
- trammel,
- match strength,
- Bandying,
- scamming,
- lurch,
- by-passes,
- participate in,
- gloss over,
- by-passed,
- reaching out,
- interact,
- give the runaround,
- jousting,
- caulking,
- play for time,
- jockey for position,
- play games,
- coped with,
- black-market,
- take one's time,
- interfacing,
- turn aside,
- drag feet,
- be running,
- Juke,
- hedged in,
- traded,
- short-circuit,
- overspreading,
- put the move on,
- margining,
- do like,
- Slank,
- slip out,
- steering clear of,
- going around.
- Altercated,
- nitpick,
- Paralogize,
- chicanes,
- talk back,
- catch at straws,
- had it,
- chicaned,
- put up an argument,
- argue over,
- chicaning,
- pettifog,
- set to,
- altercates,
- altercate,
- chicane,
- Altercating,
- have it,
- nit-pick,
- nit-picking,
- talking back,
- make a big thing about,
- have at it,
- put up argument,
- hypercriticize.
Paraphrases for Fence:
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Equivalence
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Proper noun, singular
fencing.
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Noun, singular or mass
fencing.
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Proper noun, singular
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Forward Entailment
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Proper noun, singular
barrier.
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Noun, singular or mass
barrier.
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Proper noun, singular
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Reverse Entailment
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Proper noun, singular
wall.
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Proper noun, singular
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Independent
Antonyms for Fence:
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n.
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barrier used to enclose a piece of land
opening.
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barrier used to enclose a piece of land
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v.
Homophones for Fence:
- feminineness, fungous, finicky, fewness, foaminess, fomes, fennic, faunus, finish, fumes, finis, fungia, fiance, funky, finance, fiancee, funka, finch, famish, foaming, funkaceae, faience, famous, funny house, finances, fibbing, finnic, fungi, finnish, finocchio, fancy, fang, feminize, fungus, funniness, fawning, faineance, Funnies, fivepence, fenusa, feminise, feng shui, funk, fineness, fink, finesse.
Holonyms for Fence:
n.
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artifact
fence line.
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artifact
Hypernym for Fence:
n.
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artifact
backstop, rail fence, split-rail fence, picket fence, paling, stone wall, Chainlink Fence, wall, weir, hedgerow, hedge.
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artifact
v.