Palisades synonyms

păl'ĭ-sādz'

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cliff
A high, steep face of rock, esp. one on a coast; precipice
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face
The frontal aspect of something.
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slope
The degree to which a surface tends upward or downward.
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mountain (related)
The definition of a mountain is a part of Earth that is very wide, has a taller height than a hill and often has steep sides, or it is a large pile of something.
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wall (related)
Something resembling a wall in appearance, function, or construction, as the exterior surface of a body organ or part:
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stockades
An enclosure protected by a wall of wooden posts
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slopes
The land area that drains into a given ocean
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fences
(Figuratively) A barrier, for example an emotional barrier.
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defenses
The fact or state of being defended
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bluffs
A steep headland, promontory, riverbank, or cliff.
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enclosures
The state of being enclosed.
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cliffs
The definition of a cliff is a high steep or overhanging face of rock.
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barriers
(Geology) An ice barrier.
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walls (related)
Something resembling a wall in impenetrability or strength:
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fortifications (related)
Something used in fortifying; esp., a fort or defensive earthwork, wall, etc.
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Palisades Sentence Examples

  • The township consists of a narrow strip of land along the western bank of the Hudson, and at the southern extremity of the Palisades.

  • the phantoms which are seen when we look at two parallel sets of palisades or railings, one behind the other, or look through two parallel sides of a meat-safe formed of perforated zinc. The appearance presented is that of a magnified set of bars or apertures which appear to move rapidly as we slowly walk past.

  • We know very little of the ancient methods of cultivating the vine, but the Romans-no doubt owing to the luxuriant ease with which the vine grows in Italy-appear to have trained it on trees, trellis work, palisades, &c. The dwarf form of cultivation now common in northern Europe does not appear to have obtained to any extent.

  • in wooden huts surrounded by palisades, but in later times, aided by Roman architects, built walled strongholds and conical stone towers.

  • About 2300 Americans under General Nathanael Greene here attacked a slightly inferior force under Colonel Alexander Stewart; at first the Americans drove the British before them, but later in the day the latter took a position in a brick house and behind palisades, and from this position the Americans were unable to drive them.

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