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ENTRENCHED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does entrenched mean?
• ENTRENCHED (adjective)
The adjective ENTRENCHED has 2 senses:
1. dug in
2. established firmly and securely
Familiarity information: ENTRENCHED used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Dug in
Similar:
invulnerable (immune to attack; impregnable)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Established firmly and securely
Context example:
the entrenched power of the nobility
Similar:
constituted; established (brought about or set up or accepted; especially long established)
Context examples
Despite the entrenched belief that eggs raise cholesterol, some studies have suggested that dietary cholesterol intake doesn’t necessarily translate to higher blood cholesterol.
(Eggs No Longer Part of a Healthy Diet?, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Hubble's observations also show that the gas is so entrenched in the gravitational well the light is struggling to climb out, and therefore appears stretched to redder wavelengths.
(Hubble Uncovers Black Hole Disk that Shouldn't Exist, NASA)
The invention, called a liquid-entrenched smooth surface (LESS) coating, involves two separate treatments, both presented as suitable for spraying onto ceramics amongst other materials.
(Materials scientists invent new coating for self-cleaning, water-efficient toilets, Wikinews)
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