fence

1. 1.

   a barrier that serves to enclose an area

   Synonymsfencing

   Broaderbarrier

   Narrowerbackstopchainlink fencehedgepicket fencerail fencestone wallwallweir

   Part offence line
2. 2.

   a dealer in stolen property

   Broadertrader

   colloquialism

Other forms of fence

plural

fences·

past tense

fenced·

present participle

fencing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about fence

What does fence mean?

fence means "enclose with a fence". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in fence?

fence has 1 syllable: fence. In IPA it is /ˈfɛns/.

What is another word for fence?

Close synonyms include fence in, wall, palisade, fence in, surround. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fence a common word?

fence is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with fence?

5 words rhyme with fence. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.