Standard Lemma guide

palisade

name · noun · verb · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˌpælɪˈseɪd/
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  • rhymes with -eɪd
  • /ˈpæl.ɪˌseɪ̯d/
  • [ˈphæl.ɪˌseɪ̯d]
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  • /ˈpæl.əˌseɪ̯d/
  • [ˈphæl.əˌseɪ̯d]
  • CMU ARPABET: P AE2 L IH0 S EY1 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A town in Mesa County, Colorado, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

A long, strong stake, one end of which is set firmly in the ground, and the other sharpened.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A wall of wooden stakes, used as a defensive barrier.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: government, military, politics, war

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4

noun

Meaning 4

A line of cliffs, especially one showing basaltic columns.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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5

noun

Meaning 5

An even row of cells, e.g., palisade mesophyll cells.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, natural-sciences

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6

verb

Meaning 6

To equip with a palisade.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: also, intransitive, passive, transitive, usually

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7

noun

Meaning 7

fortification consisting of a strong fence made of stakes driven into the ground

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: fortification, munition

8

verb

Meaning 8

surround with a wall in order to fortify

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: wall, fence, fence in, surround

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: protect

Narrower terms: stockade, circumvallate

History

Etymology

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

Translations

60 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: кол (kol) — long, strong stake with sharpened head
  • Finnish: paalu — long, strong stake with sharpened head
  • Finnish: teroitettu paalu — long, strong stake with sharpened head
  • Hindi: कटघरा (kaṭgharā) — long, strong stake with sharpened head
  • Hindi: कटघरे (kaṭghare) — long, strong stake with sharpened head
  • Hungarian: oszlopos — long, strong stake with sharpened head
  • Māori: taki — long, strong stake with sharpened head
  • Polish: kołek — long, strong stake with sharpened head
  • Spanish: estaca — long, strong stake with sharpened head
  • Swedish: palissad — long, strong stake with sharpened head
  • Assamese: হেঙাৰ (heṅar) — wall of wooden stakes
  • Bulgarian: палисада (palisada) — wall of wooden stakes
  • Catalan: palissada — wall of wooden stakes
  • Czech: palisáda — wall of wooden stakes
  • Dutch: palissade — wall of wooden stakes
  • Esperanto: palisaro — wall of wooden stakes
  • Estonian: pihtaed — wall of wooden stakes
  • Finnish: paaluaita — wall of wooden stakes
  • Finnish: paaluvarustus — wall of wooden stakes
  • Finnish: palisadi — wall of wooden stakes
  • French: palissade — wall of wooden stakes
  • German: Palisade — wall of wooden stakes
  • Ancient Greek: χάραξ (khárax) — wall of wooden stakes
  • Hindi: कटघरा (kaṭgharā) — wall of wooden stakes
  • Hindi: कटघरे (kaṭghare) — wall of wooden stakes
  • Italian: palizzata — wall of wooden stakes
  • Latin: vallum — wall of wooden stakes
  • Latin: vallus — wall of wooden stakes
  • Latin: sublica — wall of wooden stakes
  • Macedonian: палиса́да (palisáda) — wall of wooden stakes
  • Māori: takitaki — wall of wooden stakes
  • Māori: tātākaitaua — wall of wooden stakes
  • Māori: pātūtū — wall of wooden stakes
  • Māori: pekerangi — wall of wooden stakes
  • Māori: kiritangata — wall of wooden stakes
  • Māori: awhikiri — wall of wooden stakes
  • Māori: hukahuka — wall of wooden stakes
  • Māori: kereteki — wall of wooden stakes
  • Māori: tīwatawata — wall of wooden stakes
  • Māori: pīwatawata — wall of wooden stakes
  • Māori: reu — wall of wooden stakes
  • Māori: wītā — wall of wooden stakes
  • Polish: palisada — wall of wooden stakes
  • Polish: częstokół — wall of wooden stakes
  • Polish: ostrokół — wall of wooden stakes
  • Portuguese: paliçada — wall of wooden stakes
  • Romanian: palisadă — wall of wooden stakes
  • Romanian: palancă — wall of wooden stakes
  • Russian: палиса́д (palisád) — wall of wooden stakes
  • Russian: частоко́л (častokól) — wall of wooden stakes
  • Spanish: palizada — wall of wooden stakes
  • Swedish: palissad — wall of wooden stakes
  • Swedish: pålverk — wall of wooden stakes
  • Turkish: şarampol — wall of wooden stakes
  • Ottoman Turkish: شرانپول (şarampol) — wall of wooden stakes
  • Bulgarian: отвесни скали (otvesni skali) — a line of cliffs
  • Hindi: कटघरा (kaṭgharā) — a line of cliffs
  • Hindi: कटघरे (kaṭghare) — a line of cliffs
  • Polish: linia klifów — a line of cliffs
  • Spanish: acantilados acantiladas — a line of cliffs