Glacis

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A gentle slope; an incline.
  • n. A slope extending down from a fortification.
  • n. A neutral area separating conflicting forces.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A gentle incline in front of a fortification.
  • n. The angled armour plate on the front of a tank; glacis plate.
  • n. A device for sorting mail which slides parcels across a sloped surface.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A gentle slope, or a smooth, gently sloping bank; especially (Fort.), that slope of earth which inclines from the covered way toward the exterior ground or country (see Illust. of ravelin).
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A gentle slope or sloping bank.
  • n. An easy slope, like that of the shingle piled on the shore by the action of the tides and waves, less steep than a talus.
    • Word Usage
    "The glacis is the smooth ground outside the ditch."
    Variant
    ravelin   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    bank    slope   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    basis    homeostasis   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    counterscarp    servira    escarpment    coude    andesite   
     
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