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fenceless

fenceless

4.1
A place with no fence around it
  • adjective
  • /ˈfɛnsləs/
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  • There were no cars; the roads were softly curved. The streets were not really streets; they were walks, country walks through gardens. The houses were low and white, one for each family, with a fenceless yard and trees.

Examples

  • The children played freely in the fenceless yard, enjoying the warm sun and fresh air.

  • Alex tears across the fenceless backyards towards Clear's house.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • While it's risky to venture into North Korea even with the fenceless border here, you can take a leisurely boat ride on the small river straddling the Hushan Great Wall and the North Korean border.

    Blog text (13)

  • The trio rounded the garage and stopped before a fenceless square chain of land triangulated by three bountiful fruit trees: peach, fig, and lemon.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • With no fence around their garden, the flowers bloomed beautifully in the fenceless space.

  • The fenceless field stretched out before us, inviting us to explore its grassy expanse.

Synonyms

unfenced
vsfenceless
1 5.3

An area not surrounded by a fence

is broader applying to lack of enclosure or protection in any place

Antonyms

enclosed
1 3.5

Something that is inside and surrounded by other things, like a garden or document

How Fenced

enclosed
1 3.5
fenceless
4.1

Surface Forms

fenceless positive

Morphology

fenceless = fence (transparent) = fence + less

A straightforward adjectival formation from the noun 'fence' with the productive suffix '-less' meaning 'without'.

Etymology

Fenceless comes from fence, meaning 'barrier' or 'enclosure', plus the ending -less, meaning 'without' and seen in words like hopeless and careless. So, Fenceless means 'without a fence', an open space not protected by a fence.