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Word entry · 5 letters

fence

Best crossword clue

"Backyard divider"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /fɛns/Part of speech verb, nounSorted ceefnStarts with FEnds with E5 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. have an argument about something

Word origin

From Middle English fence, fens, short for defence, defens (“the act of defending”), from Old French defens, defense (see defence).

Used in a sentence

  • There was a weak place in the fence separating the two inclosures
  • The Bat—they called him the Bat.[…]. He'd never been in stir, the bulls had never mugged him, he didn't run with a mob, he played a lone hand, and fenced his stuff so that even the fence couldn't swear he knew his face.
  • I bruised my shin th' other day with playing at sword and dagger with a master of fence

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Used as a crossword answer5 curated clues

01Backyard divider5 letters
02Barrier around a yard5 letters
03Property divider5 letters
04Yard boundary5 letters
05Barrier around land5 letters

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