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Wicket

A small gate or door, especially one forming part of, or placed near, a larger door or gate; a narrow opening or entrance cut in or beside a door or gate, or the door which is used to close such entrance or aperture. Piers Plowman.

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Gate 76% connected

A large door or passageway in the wall of a city, of an inclosed field or place, or of a grand edifice, etc.; also, the movable structure of timber,…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Opening 76% connected

of Open

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Stump 70% connected

The part of a tree or plant remaining in the earth after the stem or trunk is cut off; the stub.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Grille 92% connected

A lattice or grating.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Hoop 92% connected

A pliant strip of wood or metal bent in a circular form, and united at the ends, for holding together the staves of casks, tubs, etc.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Lattice 92% connected

Any work of wood or metal, made by crossing laths, or thin strips, and forming a network; as, the lattice of a window; -- called also latticework.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Anteport noun · 78% connection

An outer port, gate, or door.

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Assession noun · 78% connection

A sitting beside or near.

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Bar noun · 78% connection

A piece of wood, metal, or other material, long in proportion to its breadth or thickness, used as a lever and for various other purpo…

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Barbacan noun · 78% connection

A tower or advanced work defending the entrance to a castle or city, as at a gate or bridge. It was often large and strong, having a d…

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Besides preposition · 78% connection

Over and above; separate or distinct from; in addition to; other than; else than. See Beside, prep., 3, and Syn. under Beside.

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Bolt noun · 78% connection

A sliding catch, or fastening, as for a door or gate; the portion of a lock which is shot or withdrawn by the action of the key.

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Curb noun · 78% connection

An assemblage of three or more pieces of timber, or a metal member, forming a frame around an opening, and serving to maintain the int…

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Defile noun · 78% connection

Any narrow passage or gorge in which troops can march only in a file, or with a narrow front; a long, narrow pass between hills, rocks…

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Drop noun · 78% connection

A door or platform opening downward; a trap door; that part of the gallows on which a culprit stands when he is to be hanged; hence, t…

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Fistula noun · 78% connection

A permanent abnormal opening into the soft parts with a constant discharge; a deep, narrow, chronic abscess; an abnormal opening betwe…

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Gap noun · 78% connection

An opening in anything made by breaking or parting; as, a gap in a fence; an opening for a passage or entrance; an opening which impli…

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Gateman noun · 78% connection

A gate keeper; a gate tender.

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Gateway noun · 78% connection

A passage through a fence or wall; a gate; also, a frame, arch, etc., in which a gate in hung, or a structure at an entrance or gate d…

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Hatch noun · 78% connection

A door with an opening over it; a half door, sometimes set with spikes on the upper edge.

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Hook noun · 78% connection

That part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns.

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Jamb noun · 78% connection

The vertical side of any opening, as a door or fireplace; hence, less properly, any narrow vertical surface of wall, as the of a chimn…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, gate, door, forming, part.
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Lift noun · 78% connection

A lift gate. See Lift gate, below.

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Loggia noun · 78% connection

A roofed open gallery. It differs from a veranda in being more architectural, and in forming more decidedly a part of the main edifice…

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