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anticlimbing

anticlimbing adjective: preventing climbing.

Adjective

anticlimbing (not comparable)

  1. Preventing climbing.
    • an anticlimbing fence
    • Barbed wire is also known as an anticlimbing device.2022 November 27, “Main Components of Overhead transmission & Distribution lines”, in Electrical Desks

Origin of anticlimbing

From anti- + climbing.

Questions about anticlimbing

What does anticlimbing mean?
Anticlimbing means preventing climbing.
What part of speech is anticlimbing?
Anticlimbing is an adjective.

Words near anticlimbing in the dictionary

  1. anticlimactically
  2. anticlimatic
  3. anticlimax
  4. anticlimaxes
  5. anticlimb
  6. anticlimbing
  7. anticlinal
  8. anticlinal vertebra
  9. anticlinal vertebrae
  10. anticlinally
  11. anticlinals

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