iron fence

collocation in English

meaningsofironandfence

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iron
noun
uk
/aɪən/us
/aɪrn/
a chemical element that is a common greyish-coloured metal. It is strong, used in making steel, and exists in very small amounts ...
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fence
noun[C]
uk
/fens/us
/fens/
a structure that divides two areas of land, similar to a wall but made of wood or wire and supported ...
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(Definition ofironandfencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofiron fence

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It passed under the compound fence and a corrugatedironfence.
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It may be that a corrugatedironfenceis better than a barbed wire fence.
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I have already dealt with the galvanisedironfence.
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Down the middle is erected a greatironfence, sometimes with greenery growing up it which alleviates matters slightly.
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He spoke of surrounding buildings with fences, and asked, why put up a corrugatedironfence?
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If, as a result of mining subsidence, a good deal of it were destroyed, one could put up anironfence, but it would be very incongruous in those circumstances.
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The queue shuffled slowly along a corrugatedironfence, and a small boy, aged about 10, got behind that fence and discovered in it a reasonably-sized hole.
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The adjacent cemetery was in use between 1810 and 1926 and the surrounding castironfencewas installed in 1877.
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In the 1830s a receiving vault was added, and anironfencewas installed around three sides of the perimeter in 1900.
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An ornamentalironfencewith a small spire tops the house's hipped roof.
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Previously visitors could walk right up to the globe, but now it is protected by anironfence.
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Since 1985, a commemorative path has ringed the city where thisironfenceonce stood.
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A lowironfenceand gate separates the house from the street.
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The cemetery is set off by a castironfence.
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At one time the monument was surrounded by anironfence.
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The cross-hipped roof has anironfencealong its ridge.
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Today, the originalironfenceand pine trees remain where the church once stood.
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The museum building and the library flank a courtyard space separated from the street by anironfence.
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There is a 1975ironfencearound the north and east sides of the building, and a masonry wall is on the south lot line.
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