Definitions for fence-off

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fence-off fence-off

Spelling: [fens-awf, -of]

IPA: /ˈfɛnsˌɔf, -ˌɒf/

Fence-Off is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 72 anagrams from letters in fence-off (-ceefffno).

Definitions for fence-off

noun

1. a match between individual contestants or teams for settling a tie.
2. a barrier enclosing or bordering a field, yard, etc., usually made of posts and wire or wood, used to prevent entrance, to confine, or to mark a boundary.
3. Informal. a person who receives and disposes of stolen goods.
4. the place of business of such a person.
5. the act, practice, art, or sport of fencing.
6. skill in argument, repartee, etc.
7. Machinery. a guard or guide, as for regulating the movements of a tool or work.
8. Carpentry. a slotted guide used especially with a framing square to lay out cuts on rafters and staircase strings.
9. Archaic. a means of defense; a bulwark.

Idioms

1. mend one's fences, to strengthen or reestablish one's position by conciliation or negotiation:
2. on the fence, uncommitted; neutral; undecided:

verb (used with object)

1. to enclose by some barrier, establishing exclusive right to possession:
2. to separate by or as by a fence or fences (often followed by in, off, out, etc.):
3. to defend; protect; guard:
4. to ward off; keep out.
5. Informal. to sell (stolen goods) to a fence.
6. Nautical. to reinforce (an opening in a sail or the like) by sewing on a grommet or other device.

verb (used without object)

1. to practice the art or sport of fencing.
2. to parry arguments; strive to avoid giving direct answers; hedge:
3. (of a horse) to leap over a fence.
4. Obsolete. to raise a defense.

Origin of fence-off

noun use of verb phrase fence off