PALISADE Synonyms

• a barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc.

• a barrier (usually thrown up hastily) to impede the advance of an enemy

• render unsuitable for passage

• prevent access to by barricading

• block off with barricades

• a structure or object that impedes free movement

• any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objective

• anything serving to maintain separation by obstructing vision or access

• a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purpose

• the act of enclosing something inside something else

• a naturally enclosed space

• something (usually a supporting document) that is enclosed in an envelope with a covering letter

• fortification consisting of a fence made of a line of stout posts set firmly for defense

• a penal camp where political prisoners or prisoners of war are confined (usually under harsh conditions)

• surround with a stockade in order to fortify

• the area in which something exists or lives

• extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle

• envelop completely

• surround so as to force to give up

• surround with a wall in order to fortify

• an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure

• anything that suggests a wall in structure or function or effect

• (anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure

• a difficult or awkward situation

• a vertical (or almost vertical) smooth rock face (as of a cave or mountain)

• a layer of material that encloses space

• a masonry fence (as around an estate or garden)

• an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes

• surround with a wall in order to fortify

• enclose with a fence

• surround with a wall in order to fortify