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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, tightly packed bundle usu. tied with cord or wire. [1/2 definitions] |
| barbed wire |
a wire or strands of wire with barbs at regular intervals, used as a military barrier or fencing for livestock; barbwire. |
| barbwire |
see "barbed wire." |
| 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] |
| cage |
a boxlike enclosure having some sections covered by wire or bars and used to confine and often to 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] |
| crystal detector |
a simple radio receiver made of a semiconducting crystal touched by a fine wire. |
| 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] |
| Dumet wire |
a particular type of wire, made of a combination of iron and nickel encased in a copper sleeve, used to create vacuum seals between glass and metal in items such as incandescent light bulbs. |
| electromagnet |
a magnet in which an iron or steel core is magnetized by the electric current in the coil of insulated wire wound around it. |
| fence |
a structure made of stone, wire, wood, or other material, that serves to define boundaries of property or to prevent entry into or escape from the area it surrounds. [1/5 definitions] |
| filament |
a fine strand, as of thread, fiber, or wire. [2/3 definitions] |
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