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Collocations for fence - noun

ADJECTIVE

high, tall
low
barbed-wire, chain-link, iron, mesh, metal, picket, rail (esp. AmE), steel, stone (AmE), wire, wood (AmE), wooden, wrought-iron
The house was surrounded by a white picket fence.
electric, electrified (AmE)
back, backyard (AmE), garden
border (esp. AmE), boundary, perimeter, security
the airport perimeter fence
invisible (= to keep pets in)
left-field, outfield, right-field (all in baseball)
privacy (AmE)
She walked over to the tall wooden privacy fence.
political (figurative)
a proposal approved by people on both sides of the political fence

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VERB + fence

build, erect, put up
climb, climb over, hop (AmE), hop over (esp. AmE), jump, jump over, scale
mend (figurative)
The White House already is struggling to mend fences with Europe.

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fence + NOUN

post
line (esp. AmE)
the fence line separating the United States from Mexico

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PREPOSITION

over a/the fence
She leaned over the fence.
fence around, fence round (esp. BrE)
a fence around the site

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Collocations for fence - verb

Fence is used with these nouns as the object:
yard

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