Usually means: Bundle of sticks for construction.
Definitions Related words Phrases Mentions Lyrics History Easter eggs (New!)
We found 20 dictionaries that define the word fascine:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. fascine: Merriam-Webster
  2. fascine: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. fascine: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. fascine: Collins English Dictionary
  5. fascine: Wordnik
  6. fascine: Wiktionary
  7. fascine: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. fascine: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Fascine, fascine: Dictionary.com
  10. Fascine: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Fascine: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. fascine: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. Fascine: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. fascine: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  15. fascine: FreeDictionary.org
  16. fascine: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  17. fascine: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. fascine: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Fascine: Castle Terms

Definitions from Wiktionary (fascine)

noun:  (chiefly construction) Originally a cylindrical bundle of small sticks of wood, and now often a bundle of plastic pipes, bound together, and used for strengthening purposes, such as in revetments for riverbanks, and in mats for dams, jetties, etc.
noun:  (specifically, military fortification) A similar bundle of sticks of wood or plastic pipes used for filling in ditches for armoured fighting vehicles to drive over, and for making parapets, raising batteries, and strengthening ramparts.
noun:  (figuratively, rare) Something which is used for defensive purposes.
verb:  (transitive, originally military, chiefly New Zealand) To use fascines to build or reinforce (something), or to fill in (a trench, etc.).

Similar:

Opposite:

Phrases:

Adjectives:




Words similar to fascine

Usage examples for fascine

Idioms related to fascine

Wikipedia articles (New!)

Popular adjectives describing fascine

Words that often appear near fascine

Rhymes of fascine

Invented words related to fascine

Similar:

Opposite:

Phrases:

Adjectives:



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.





Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Random word   Help


Color thesaurus

Use OneLook to find colors for words and words for colors

See an example

Literary notes

Use OneLook to learn how words are used by great writers

See an example

Word games

Try our innovative vocabulary games

Play Now

Read the latest OneLook newsletter issue: Threepeat Redux