Entrenchment

Definition: Entrenchment

Entrenchment

Noun

1. An entrenched fortification; a position protected by trenches.

Date "entrenchment" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1657. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Military	Any type of earthen fortification. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonym: Entrenchment

Synonym: intrenchment (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: Entrenchment

English words defined with "entrenchment": retrenchment. (references)

Specialty definitions using "entrenchment": Ditch-in-front, ditch-in-rear, ditch both sides. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Burma Entrenchment or Reform (reference) Entrenchment and Widening of the Upper San Pedro River, Arizona: 1993 (Special Paper, No 282) (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Stream entrenchment showing juniper roots in central Oregon.Credit: Unknown.
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"Entrenchment" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Entrenchment" is used about 20 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	20	78,262

Expression using "entrenchment": infantry entrenchment. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language		Translations for "entrenchment"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		transhe, rrethim me transhe, pozicion i mbrojtur me llogore, llogore (ditch, sap, trench). (various references)

Arabic		‏تحصن (be fortified), ‏إعتداء (assault, battery, inroad, offensive, onset, violation, wrong, wrongdoing). (various references)

Bulgarian		укрепяване с окоп, окопаване (hilling), окоп (ditch, sconce, trench), нарушение (aberration, breach, breaker, breaking, contravention, defection, dereliction, disturbance, fault, foul, infraction, infringement, malpractice, offence, offense, perpetration, transgression, violation), посягане (snatch). (various references)

Czech		zákop (dugout, trench). (various references)

Farsi		سنگربندی (Bulwark, Fortification). (various references)

Finnish		etuvarustus (breastwork, bulwark), vallitus (rampart). (various references)

French		enracinement, retranchement, agression. (various references)

German		verschanzung (barricading, fortification), schanzwerk (earthwork), schanze (earthwork, fieldwork, quarter deck, redoubt, ski jump). (various references)

Greek		οχύρωμα (bulwark, fastness, fortification, rampart, sconce, vallasion). (various references)

Hebrew		חפר�" (trench), �"תחפרות (digging in). (various references)

Hungarian		elsáncolás, fedezék (blindage, booby-hutch, cover, dugout, dug-out, foxhole, shelter). (various references)

Indonesian		parit (ditch, fosse, rabbet, sap, trench), galian. (various references)

Italian		trinceramento. (various references)

Manx		jeeig choadee. (various references)

Pig Latin		entrenchmentay

Portuguese		inveterado (confirmed, deep rooted, deep-seated, double-dyed, engrave, incarnate, ingrain, ingrate, inveterate). (various references)

Romanian		tranşee (approaches, chase, cut, cutting, Fosse, gully, sap, sconce, trench), fortificaţie (fortification, retrenchment), îngropare la teren. (various references)

Russian		окоп (trench), нарушение (contravention, defection, dereliction, dislocation, disruption, disturbance, infraction, infringement, lesion, offence, offense, subversion, transgression, violation), полевое укрепление. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		zaklon (blindage, cover, covert, refuge, screen, shelter, splasher). (various references)

Spanish		atrincheramiento (digging in). (various references)

Swedish		förskansning (retrenchment). (various references)

Turkish		siper (aegis, barricade, bulwark, casemate, dike, dyke, foxhole, outwork, parapet, rampart, screen, shelter, shield, splasher, trench), hendek kazma. (various references)

Ukranian		траншея (delf, ditch), окоп (trench). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	convallem, convalles, valle, valli, vallis, vallisque, vallo, vallorum, vallum. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "entrenchment": entrenchments. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "entrenchment" (pronounced entre"nkhmunt)
9	-t r e" n kh m u n t	retrenchment.
5	-kh m u n t	attachment, detachment, encroachment, enrichment, impeachment, parchment.
4	-m u n t	abandonment, abatement, accompaniment, accomplishment, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adjournment, adjustment, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, amendment, amusement, announcement, annulment, antigovernment, apartment, appeasement, appointment, apportionment, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, assessment, assignment, assortment, astonishment, atonement, attainment, banishment, basement, battlement, bemusement, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, bombardment, claimant, Clement, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, complement, comportment, concealment, condiment, confinement, consignment, containment, contentment, copayment, curtailment, debarment, debasement, deferment, department, deployment, deportment, derailment, determent, detriment, development, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, displacement, divestment, dormant, easement, element, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrapment, environment, equipment, escapement, escarpment, establishment, estrangement, excitement, excrement, experiment, extinguishment, figment, filament, formant, fragment, fulfillment, garment, garnishment, government, harassment, impairment, impediment, implement, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, incitement, inclement, increment, indictment, inducement, informant, infotainment, infringement, installment, instrument, integument, internment, intersegment, investment, involvement, judgement, judgment, ligament, maltreatment, management, measurement, micromanagement, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monument, movement, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nourishment, ointment, ornament, orpiment, outplacement, overpayment, overstatement, parliament, pavement, payment, pigment, placement, postponement, postretirement, predicament, prejudgment, prepayment, presentment, procurement, pronouncement, punishment, puzzlement, readjustment, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recruitment, redeployment, redevelopment, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refurbishment, regiment, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, repayment, replacement, replenishment, requirement, resentment, resettlement, restatement, retirement, rudiment, sacrament, sediment, segment, sentiment, settlement, shipment, statement, supplement, temperament, tenement, testament, tournament, treatment, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, vehement, wonderment.
3	-u n t	aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accountant, adherent, adjacent, adjutant, adolescent, afferent, affiant, affluent, agent, ambient, ambivalent, ancient, antecedent, antidepressant, antioxidant, apparent, applicant, ardent, argent, arrant, arrogant, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assistant, astringent, attendant, belligerent, beneficent, benevolent, blatant, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, clairvoyant, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, compliant, component, concomitant, concurrent, confident, confluent, consequent, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, contaminant, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, dependent, depressant, descendant, descendent, despondent, detergent, determinant, deterrent, deviant, different, diligent, discordant, disinfectant, disobedient, dispersant, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, docent, dominant, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, elephant, eloquent, emergent, emigrant, eminent, entrant, equivalent, errant, esculent, evanescent, evident, excellent, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, exponent, extant, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, gallant, giant, grandiloquent, grandparent, hesitant, hydrant, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impatient, impertinent, important, impotent, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, incessant, incident, incipient, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, incumbent, indecent, independent, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, indulgent, inefficient, infant, infrequent, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, instant, insufficient, insurgent, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, merchant, migrant, militant, miscreant, monovalent, mordant, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nonresident, nonviolent, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, outpatient, overconfident, oxidant, pageant, parent, participant, patent, patient, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, piquant, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prescient, present, prevalent, proficient, prominent, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, pursuant, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, reagent, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recurrent, redundant, refrigerant, Regent, registrant, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repellent, repentant, repugnant, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, reverent, rodent, ruminant, salient, seafront, sealant, semipermanent, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, tenant, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-e-e-e-h-m-n-n-n-r-t-t"
	-4 letters: cementer, cerement, entrench, menthene, tenement.
	-5 letters: centner, entente, teether.
	Words containing the letters "c-e-e-e-h-m-n-n-n-r-t-t"
	+1 letter: entrenchments.
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