fence
A thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or forms a perimeter enclosing the lands of a house, building, etc.
Noun 4 meanings
A thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or forms a perimeter enclosing the lands of a house, building, etc.
Someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods, a criminal middleman for transactions of stolen goods.
The place whence such a middleman operates.
Skill in oral debate.
Verb 4 meanings
To enclose, contain or separate by building fence.
To defend or guard.
To engage in the selling or buying of stolen goods.
To engage in the sport of fencing (against).
Etymology
From Middle English fence, fens, short for defence, defens (“the act of defending”), from Old French defens, defense (see defence). The sense "enclosure" arises in the mid 15th century. Also from the 15th century is use as a verb in the sense "to enclose with a fence".
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FENCE at a glance
FENCE has 5 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (F 4 + E 1 + N 1 + C 3 + E 1) and 12 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,947 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with fence
All rhymes- SINCE7
- ONCE6
- EXPERIENCE21
- CHANCE13
- PERFORMANCE20
- EVIDENCE14
- SCIENCE11
- CONFERENCE17
- DIFFERENCE19
- INSURANCE11
- DANCE8
- DISTANCE11
One letter away
- HENCE10
- PENCE9
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