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PICKET FENCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does picket fence mean? 

PICKET FENCE (noun)
  The noun PICKET FENCE has 1 sense:

1. a fence made of upright picketsplay

  Familiarity information: PICKET FENCE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PICKET FENCE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A fence made of upright pickets

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

paling; picket fence

Hypernyms ("picket fence" is a kind of...):

fence; fencing (a barrier that serves to enclose an area)

Meronyms (parts of "picket fence"):

pale; picket (a wooden strip forming part of a fence)


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