name
Meaning 1
A town in Mesa County, Colorado, United States.
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name
A town in Mesa County, Colorado, United States.
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noun
A long, strong stake, one end of which is set firmly in the ground, and the other sharpened.
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noun
A wall of wooden stakes, used as a defensive barrier.
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Topics: government, military, politics, war
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noun
A line of cliffs, especially one showing basaltic columns.
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noun
An even row of cells, e.g., palisade mesophyll cells.
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Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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verb
To equip with a palisade.
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Usage: also, intransitive, passive, transitive, usually
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noun
fortification consisting of a strong fence made of stakes driven into the ground
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Broader terms: fortification, munition
verb
surround with a wall in order to fortify
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Synonyms: wall, fence, fence in, surround
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Broader terms: protect
Narrower terms: stockade, circumvallate
History
See palisade.
Borrowed from Middle French palissade, from Old French, from Old Occitan palissada, from palissa (“stake”), probably from pal (“stake”), or possibly from Gallo-Romance *pālīcea, from Latin pālus (“stake”) + -ade.
Across languages
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