portcullis

portcullis is a 10-letter English word with 4 senses as noun and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A grating of iron or of timbers pointed with iron, hung over the gateway of a fortress, to be let down to prevent the entrance of an enemy. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 19 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A grating of iron or of timbers pointed with iron, hung over the gateway of a fortress, to be let down to prevent the entrance of an enemy.
2. noun. An English coin of the reign of Elizabeth, struck for the use of the East India Company; -- so called from its bearing the figure of a portcullis on the reverse.
3. transitive verb. To obstruct with, or as with, a portcullis; to shut; to bar.
4. noun. gate consisting of an iron or wooden grating that hangs in the entry to a castle or fortified town; can be lowered to prevent passage

Common word forms

portcullised, portcullises, portcullising

Words from these letters

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