Dictionary Entry
stockade
stockade is a 8-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A line of stout posts or timbers set firmly in the earth in contact with each other (and usually with loopholes) to form a barrier, or defensive fortification. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 16 · 6 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
A line of stout posts or timbers set firmly in the earth in contact with each other (and usually with loopholes) to form a barrier, or defensive fortification.
- 2transitive verb
An inclosure, or pen, made with posts and stakes.
- 3transitive verb
To surround, fortify, or protect with a stockade.
- 4noun
a penal camp where political prisoners or prisoners of war are confined (usually under harsh conditions)
- 5noun
fortification consisting of a fence made of a line of stout posts set firmly for defense
- 6verb
surround with a stockade in order to fortify
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