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Definition: Abattis |
AbattisNoun1. Line of defense consisting of a barrier of felled or live trees with branches (sharpened or with barbed wire entwined) toward the enemy. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "abattis" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1823. (references) |
Synonym: AbattisSynonym: abatis (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Defense | Safeguard; (safety); balistraria; bunker, screen; (shelter); camouflage; (concealment); fortification; munition, muniment; trench, foxhole; bulwark, fosse, moat, ditch, entrenchment, intrenchment; kila; dike, dyke; parapet, sunk fence, embankment, mound, mole, bank, sandbag, revetment; earth work, field-work; fence, wall dead wall, contravallation; paling; (inclosure); palisade, haha, stockade, stoccado, laager, sangar; barrier, barricade; boom; portcullis, chevaux de frise; abatis, abattis, abbatis; vallum, circumvallation, battlement, rampart, scarp; escarp, counter-scarp; glacis, casemate; vallation, vanfos. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Abattis |
| Specialty definitions using "abattis": Abatis , Abattis. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Abattis" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. French (abatis, debris, giblets, rubbish, rubble, slashing, turnings). |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "abattis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 鹿è§'寨 (Abatis). (various references) | |
Korean | 녹채 (Abatis). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | abattisay.(various references) | |
Romanian | abatizã (abatis). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "abattis": abattises. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-i-s-t-t" | |
-1 letter: abatis. | |
-2 letters: baits, batts, bitts. | |
-3 letters: abas, aits, baas, bait, bast, bats, batt, bias, bits, bitt, isba, sati, stab, stat, tabs, tats, tits. | |
-4 letters: aas, aba, abs, ais, ait, att, baa, bas, bat, bis, bit, its, sab, sat, sib, sit, tab, tas, tat, tis, tit. | |
-5 letters: aa, ab, ai, as, at, ba, bi, is, it, si, ta, ti. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-i-s-t-t" | |
+1 letter: habitats. | |
+2 letters: abattises, abattoirs, battalias, habitants. | |
+3 letters: arbitrates, battailous, battalions, habituates. | |
+4 letters: abstracting, abstraction, abstractive, arbitrators, bitartrates, blastematic, bodhisattva, castability, catabolites, cohabitants, habilitates, habitations, inhabitants, substantial, tabulations, trabeations. | |
+5 letters: abstractions, actabilities, arbitraments, arbitrations, bacteriostat, barbiturates, blastulation, boddhisattva, bodhisattvas, distractable, habituations, masturbating, masturbation, rattlebrains, scatterbrain, semiabstract, stainability, subantarctic, substantials, substantiate, substantival. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 62 61 74 74 69 73 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -... .- - - .. ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100010 01100001 01110100 01110100 01101001 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A b a t t i s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0062 0061 0074 0074 0069 0073 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35686786867585 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Derivations 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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