'entrenchment' definitions:
Definition of 'entrenchment'
From: WordNet
noun
An entrenched fortification; a position protected by trenches [syn: entrenchment, intrenchment]
Definition of 'entrenchment'
From: GCIDE
- entrenchment \entrenchment\ n.
- 1. an entrenched fortification; a position protected by trenches.
- Syn: intrenchment. [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. the act or process of entrenching. [PJC] entrepot
Synonyms of 'entrenchment'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abri,
- approach trench,
- aqueduct,
- bunker,
- canal,
- canalization,
- channel,
- communication trench,
- confirmation,
- countermine,
- coupure,
- crimp,
- cut,
- deep-rootedness,
- deep-seatedness,
- dike,
- ditch,
- double sap,
- dugout,
- embedment,
- encroachment,
- entrance,
- establishment,
- fire trench,
- fixation,
- fixedness,
- fixity,
- fixture,
- flying sap,
- fortified tunnel,
- fosse,
- foxhole,
- gallery,
- goffer,
- gutter,
- ha-ha,
- impingement,
- implantation,
- imposition,
- incursion,
- infiltration,
- infixion,
- influx,
- infringement,
- injection,
- inroad,
- insinuation,
- interference,
- interjection,
- interloping,
- interposition,
- interposure,
- interruption,
- intervention,
- intrusion,
- invasion,
- inveteracy,
- irruption,
- kennel,
- mine,
- moat,
- obtrusion,
- parallel,
- pleat,
- sap,
- slit trench,
- stabilization,
- sunk fence,
- trench,
- trespass,
- trespassing,
- trough,
- tunnel,
- unlawful entry