fender, n.
1 a low frame bordering a fireplace to keep in falling coals etc.
2 Naut. a piece of old cable, matting, etc., hung over a vessel's side to protect it against impact.
3 a a thing used to keep something off, prevent a collision, etc. b US a bumper or mudguard of a motor vehicle.

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THESAURUS

fender

aegis, arm guard, backstop, barrier, brattice, buffer, buffer state, bulkhead, bulwark, bumper, chimney, chimney corner, cloison, collision mat, contraceptive, copyright, crash helmet, cushion, dashboard, diaphragm, dissepiment, dividing line, dividing wall, division, dodger, face mask, finger guard, fire screen, fireboard, fireguard, fireplace, fireside, flue, foot guard, fuse, goggles, governor, guard, guardrail, hand guard, handrail, hard hat, hearth, hearthstone, helmet, hob, hub, ingle, inglenook, ingleside, insulation, interlock, interseptum, knee guard, knuckle guard, laminated glass, life preserver, lifeline, lightning conductor, lightning rod, mask, mat, midriff, midsection, mudguard, nose guard, pad, padding, palladium, panel, paries, partition, party wall, patent, pilot, preventive, property line, prophylactic, protective clothing, protective umbrella, safeguard, safety, safety glass, safety plug, safety rail, safety shoes, safety switch, safety valve, screen, seat belt, separation, septulum, septum, shield, shin guard, shock pad, smokehole, sun helmet, umbrella, wall, windscreen, windshield

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fender

Defense

N defense, protection, guard, ward, shielding, propugnation, preservation, guardianship, area defense, site defense, self-defense, self-preservation, resistance, safeguard, balistraria, bunker, screen, camouflage, fortification, munition, muniment, trench, foxhole, bulwark, fosse, moat, ditch, entrenchment, intrenchment, kila, dike, dyke, parapet, sunk fence, embankment, mound, mole, bank, sandbag, revetment, earth work, field- work, fence, wall dead wall, contravallation, paling, palisade, haha, stockade, stoccado, laager, sangar, barrier, barricade, boom, portcullis, chevaux de frise, abatis, abattis, abbatis, vallum, circumvallation, battlement, rampart, scarp, escarp, counter-scarp, glacis, casemate, vallation, vanfos, buttress, abutment, shore, breastwork, banquette, curtain, mantlet, bastion, redan, ravelin, vauntmure, advance work, horn work, outwork, barbacan, barbican, redoubt, fort-elage, fort-alice, lines, loophole, machicolation, sally port, hold, stronghold, fastness, asylum, keep, donjon, dungeon, fortress, citadel, capitol, castle, tower of strength, tower of strength, fort, barracoon, pah, sconce, martello tower, peelhouse, blockhouse, rath, wooden walls, bulletproof vest, armored vest, buffer, corner stone, fender, apron, mask, gauntlet, thimble, carapace, armor, shield, buckler, aegis, breastplate, backplate, cowcatcher, face guard, scutum, cuirass, habergeon, mail, coat of mail, brigandine, hauberk, lorication, helmet, helm, bassinet, salade, heaume, morion, murrion, armet, cabaset, vizor, casquetel, siege cap, headpiece, casque, pickelhaube, vambrace, shako, bearskin, panoply, truncheon, garrison, picket, piquet, defender, protector, guardian, bodyguard, champion, knight-errant, Paladin, propugner, bulletproof window, hardened site, defending, defensive, mural, armed, armed at all points, armed cap-a-pie, armed to the teeth, panoplied, iron-plated, ironclad, loopholed, castellated, machicolated, casemated, defended, proof against, armored, ballproof, bulletproof, hardened, defensively, on the defense, on the defensive, in defense, at bay, pro aris et focis, Int, no surrender!, defense not defiance, Dieu defend le droit, fidei defensor, defender of the faith.

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