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— English words —

• retrench v. (Transitive) To cut down or reduce.
• retrench v. (Transitive) To confine; to limit; to restrict.
• retrench v. (Transitive, military) To furnish with a retrenchment (a defensive work within a fortification).
• retrench v. (Intransitive) To abridge; to curtail.
• retrench v. (Intransitive) To take up a new defensive position.
• retrench v. (Intransitive) To live less expensively; to economize.
• retrench v. (Transitive) To dig or redig a trench where one already exists.

— English words, defined in French —

• retrench v. (Rare) Licencier, renvoyer.
• retrench v. (Rare) Retrancher.

34 English words from 7 English definitions

abridge already confine curtail cut cut␣down defensive dig down economize exists expensively fortification furnish Intransitive less limit live military new one position redig reduce restrict retrenchment take take␣up Transitive trench where with within work

1 English word from 2 foreign definitions

Rare

3 foreign words from 2 foreign definitions

Licencier renvoyer Retrancher

8 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

retrenched retrencher retrenches retrenchers retrenching retrenchable retrenchment retrenchments

5 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

firetrenches fire␣trenches unretrenched unretrenchable nonretrenchment

2 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

firetrench fire␣trench

11 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

enc ETR ren REN -ren rench ret Ret. tren trench Trench

11 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ert ERT HCN ner NER -ner- RTÉ Rte. ter TER ter-

One anagram (New word found by changing the order of the letters.)

trencher

2 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

retranché trenchers

2 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

Cethern Rencher

2 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

betrench detrench

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