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

1. transitive 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.
2. transitive verb. An inclosure, or pen, made with posts and stakes.
3. transitive verb. To surround, fortify, or protect with a stockade.
4. noun. a penal camp where political prisoners or prisoners of war are confined (usually under harsh conditions)
5. noun. fortification consisting of a fence made of a line of stout posts set firmly for defense
6. verb. surround with a stockade in order to fortify

Common word forms

stockaded, stockades, stockading

Words from these letters

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