sunk fence

noun

Definition of sunk fencenext
as in ditch

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  1. ditch
  2. moat
  3. trench
  4. gutter
Noun
  • There are a few limited examples of victims of violence being buried, like a young male found in a ditch at Stonehenge who was shot multiple times with arrows, according to the study authors.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Listen to this article Loading your audio article Two baby girls who were in the back seat of a vehicle stolen early on Monday have been found safe in a ditch in southeast Indianapolis, authorities said.
    Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 3 Dec. 2024
Definition of ditch
Noun
  • This is because the company is unlikely to command the moat and goodwill of Amazon or Microsoft as leading Big Tech companies.
    GuruFocus, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Our favorite bite of the night was a dish with Kaluga caviar served atop a buckwheat blini that floated in a moat of beurre blanc.
    Maddy Johnston, Axios, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of moat
Noun
  • In October the two scientists organized a small team to excavate a trench 14 inches deep.
    Christopher Maag, New York Times, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Their installation requires no costly digging or trench work, which can quickly boost costs into the six figures.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of trench
Noun
  • Pay special attention to any downspouts to ensure that the snow doesn't create a blockage in your gutter system.
    Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Somewhere along the way, this gruesome celluloid artifact was elevated from being the sick and disreputable product of a gutter genre to being a high-art masterpiece (Steven Spielberg, Stanley Kubrick and Ridley Scott all owned 35mm prints of the film).
    Chris Nashawaty, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Oct. 2024
Definition of gutter
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