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ANTONINE WALL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Antonine Wall mean? 

ANTONINE WALL (noun)
  The noun ANTONINE WALL has 1 sense:

1. a fortification 37 miles long across the narrowest part of southern Scotland (between the Firth of Forth and the Firth of Clyde); built in 140 to mark the frontier of the Roman province of Britainplay

  Familiarity information: ANTONINE WALL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ANTONINE WALL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A fortification 37 miles long across the narrowest part of southern Scotland (between the Firth of Forth and the Firth of Clyde); built in 140 to mark the frontier of the Roman province of Britain

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Instance hypernyms:

bulwark; rampart; wall (an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes)

Holonyms ("Antonine Wall" is a part of...):

Scotland (one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts)


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