"ring-fence" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: ring-fences [present, singular, third-person], ring-fencing [participle, present], ring-fenced [participle, past], ring-fenced [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} ring-fence (third-person singular simple present ring-fences, present participle ring-fencing, simple past and past participle ring-fenced)
  1. Alternative form of ringfence. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: ringfence
    Sense id: en-ring-fence-en-verb-DYq5Hs3F Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for ring-fence meaning in English (1.1kB)

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