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INTRENCHMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does intrenchment mean? 

INTRENCHMENT (noun)
  The noun INTRENCHMENT has 1 sense:

1. an entrenched fortification; a position protected by trenchesplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


INTRENCHMENT (noun)


Sense 1

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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