PALISADE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does palisade mean? 

• PALISADE (noun)
  The noun PALISADE has 1 sense:

1. fortification consisting of a strong fence made of stakes driven into the ground

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

• PALISADE (verb)
  The verb PALISADE has 1 sense:

1. surround with a wall in order to fortify

  Familiarity information: PALISADE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PALISADE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fortification consisting of a strong fence made of stakes driven into the ground

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("palisade" is a kind of...):

fortification; munition (defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it)

Derivation:

palisade (surround with a wall in order to fortify)

• PALISADE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they palisade    ... he / she / it palisades   
Past simple: palisaded   
Past participle: palisaded   
-ing form: palisading   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Surround with a wall in order to fortify

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Synonyms:

fence; fence in; palisade; surround; wall

Hypernyms (to "palisade" is one way to...):

protect (shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "palisade"):

stockade (surround with a stockade in order to fortify)

circumvallate (surround with or as if with a rampart or other fortification)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

palisade (fortification consisting of a strong fence made of stakes driven into the ground)

 Context examples 

A malignant epithelial neoplasm characterized by the presence of neoplastic cells with hyperchromatic nuclei, small amount of cytoplasm, and peripheral nuclear palisading.

(Basaloid Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Every room on the west front looked across a lawn to the beginning of the avenue immediately beyond tall iron palisades and gates.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

A squamous cell carcinoma characterized by the presence of cells with hyperchromatic nuclei, scant amount of cytoplasm, and peripheral nuclear palisading.

(Basaloid Squamous Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

After reloading, we walked down the outside of the palisade to see to the fallen enemy.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

It is characterized by the presence of atypical large spindle or round cells, nuclear palisading, tumor cell necrosis, mitotic figures and may be associated with vascular invasion.

(Conventional Leiomyosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Invasive neoplasm of spindle cells arranged in palisading pattern.

(Leiomyosarcoma of the Mouse Intestinal Tract, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

It is characterized by the presence of nuclear palisading.

(Palisaded Lymph Node Myofibroblastoma, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by the presence of cystic spaces surrounded by palisaded epithelial cells.

(Cervical Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

This variant typically lacks nuclear palisading, wet keratin, calcification, and cholesterol deposits.

(Papillary Craniopharyngioma, NCI Thesaurus/Adapted from WHO)

Circumscribed expansile neoplasm of spindle cells arranged in palisading pattern.

(Leiomyoma of the Mouse Intestinal Tract, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)