parados
parados
Definition
para·dos (par′ə däs′)
noun
an embankment of earth along the back of a trench, as to protect against fire from the rear
Etymology: Fr < para-, para- + dos < L dorsum, back
parados
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- vault: The original entrances, however, are the vaulted paradoses at both ends of the stage building.
Browse dictionary entries near parados
- parador
- paradisiacal
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- paradisaic
- paradigm
- paradiddle
- parade rest
- parade
- paraclete
- parachutist
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- paradoxical
- paradrop
- paraffin
- paraffin series
- paraffin wax
- paraffine
- paragenesis
- paragon
- paragraph
