Last week he hurled the local blacksmith over a parapet into a stream.
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Parapet
//ˈpæɹ.ə.pɪt//
Synonyms for "parapet" (98 found)
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62 translations across 27 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- εἶλαρ noun (a low protective wall)
Bulgarian
2 entries- бруствер noun (a fortification consisting of a wall)
- парапет noun (a low protective wall)
Catalan
2 entries- ampit noun (a low protective wall)
- parapet noun (a fortification consisting of a wall)
Czech
4 entries- nízká zídka noun (a low protective wall)
- ohrazení noun (a low protective wall)
- ohrazení noun (a fortification consisting of a wall)
- zábradlí noun (a low protective wall)
Dutch
1 entries- borstwering noun (a low protective wall)
Esperanto
1 entries- parapeto noun (a low protective wall)
Finnish
3 entries- parapetti noun (a low protective wall)
- parapetti noun (a fortification consisting of a wall)
- rintavarustus noun (a fortification consisting of a wall)
French
2 entries- parapet noun (a low protective wall)
- parapet noun (a fortification consisting of a wall)
Georgian
1 entries- პარაპეტი noun (a low protective wall)
German
2 entries- Brüstung noun (a low protective wall)
- Wehrmauer noun (a fortification consisting of a wall)
Greek
2 entries- παραπέτο noun (a low protective wall)
- στηθαίο noun (a low protective wall)
Hebrew
1 entries- מעקה noun (a low protective wall)
Indonesian
1 entries- pembirih noun (a fortification consisting of a wall)
Irish
2 entries- uchtbhalla noun (a low protective wall)
- uchtbharr noun (a fortification consisting of a wall)
Italian
4 entries- balaustra noun (a low protective wall)
- parapetto noun (a low protective wall)
- parapetto noun (a fortification consisting of a wall)
- ringhiera noun (a low protective wall)
Macedonian
1 entries- парапе́т noun (a low protective wall)
Māori
3 entries- parepare noun (a low protective wall)
- parepare noun (a fortification consisting of a wall)
- pātatara noun (a fortification consisting of a wall)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- brystning noun (a low protective wall)
- brystvern noun (a low protective wall)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- brystning noun (a low protective wall)
- brystvern noun (a low protective wall)
Polish
4 entries- gzyms noun (a low protective wall)
- murek noun (a low protective wall)
- parapet noun (a fortification consisting of a wall)
- przedpiersie noun (a fortification consisting of a wall)
Portuguese
2 entries- parapeito noun (a low protective wall)
- parapeito noun (a fortification consisting of a wall)
Romanian
2 entries- parapet noun (a low protective wall)
- parapet noun (a fortification consisting of a wall)
Russian
3 entries- бру́ствер noun (a fortification consisting of a wall)
- парапе́т noun (a low protective wall)
- пери́ла noun (a low protective wall)
Spanish
4 entries- antepecho noun (a low protective wall)
- brocal noun (a low protective wall)
- murete noun (a low protective wall)
- parapeto noun (a low protective wall)
Swedish
2 entries- parapet noun (a low protective wall)
- parapet noun (a fortification consisting of a wall)
Ukrainian
1 entries- парапе́т noun (a low protective wall)
Welsh
3 entries- mur canllaw noun (a low protective wall)
- parapet noun (a fortification consisting of a wall)
- rhagfur noun (a fortification consisting of a wall)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
I start from sleep, the parapet ascend, / and from the sloping roof with eager ears attend.
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Sheer o'er the highest roof-top to the sky, / skirting the parapet, a watch-tower rose, / whence camp and fleet and city met the eye.
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They walked hand in hand to the bridge, leant over the parapet, and watched the river eddying below.
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