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| abatis |
an obstacle constructed by bending and sharpening the branches of trees or implanting sharpened limbs in a soil barricade, sometimes interlaced with barbed wire. |
| bale |
a large, tight group of objects tied together with something like string or wire. |
| barbed wire |
wire with barbs. Barbed wire is used to make fences. |
| barbwire |
see "barbed wire." |
| Berlin |
the capital city of Germany. Between 1945 and 1990 the city was divided into East Berlin and West Berlin. For most of that time the Berlin Wall, a concrete and wire barrier, separated East and West Berlin. |
| broadband |
of, pertaining to, or using a type of high-speed data transmission that allows signals at different frequencies, such as audio and video, to be transmitted simultaneously along a single wire. [1/2 definitions] |
| bustle2 |
a cushion or wire frame formerly worn beneath a dress to add fullness in the rear. [1/2 definitions] |
| cable |
a form of television in which the sound and picture signals are sent by a special wire rather than through the air. [1/3 definitions] |
| cage |
a box or space closed in by wire or bars, used to keep and display animals or birds. [1/4 definitions] |
| carry |
to conduct, as a water pipe or electric wire. [1/16 definitions] |
| chicken wire |
a flexible wire netting, usu. of hexagonal mesh, esp. for chicken coop enclosures and other light barriers. |
| cittern |
a sixteenth-century instrument of the guitar family, having a flat-backed, pear-shaped body and wire strings. |
| cloisonné |
enamel work on metal, as in jewelry or bowls, with the colors separated by thin metal strips or wire. |
| clothesline |
a rope, cord, or wire on which clothes, blankets, curtains, and the like are hung to dry or air. |
| coat hanger |
a piece of wire or other material shaped for hanging a piece of clothing and suspending it, as from a rod or hook. |
| coil1 |
an electrical device consisting of a tightly-wound wire or other conductor. [1/8 definitions] |
| cord |
a covered wire that carries electricity to a piece of equipment such as a television or lamp. [1/2 definitions] |
| crystal detector |
a simple radio receiver made of a semiconducting crystal touched by a fine wire. |
| current |
the flow of electricity in a wire or other conductor. [1/4 definitions] |
| cyclone fence |
a strong chain-link fence, usu. high and topped with barbed wire, used around military bases, prisons, and the like. |
| ductile |
able to withstand stress without breaking, as in drawing out into wire or pounding thin. [1/3 definitions] |
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