entrenchment
Use Entrenchment in a sentence
mənt noun
1.
the act of entrenching.
2.
an entrenched position.
3.
Usually, entrenchments. an earth breastwork or ditch for protection against enemy fire.
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entrenchment or intrenchment (ɪnˈtrɛntʃmənt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the act of entrenching or state of being entrenched |
| 2. | a position protected by trenches |
| 3. | one of a series of deep trenches constructed as a shelter from gunfire |
| intrenchment or intrenchment | |
| —n | |
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Entrenchment
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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Example sentences
The lower the entrenchment ratio, the more vertical containment of flood flows exists.
Natural factors may have also contributed to entrenchment.
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