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Definition of entrenchment noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

entrenchment

noun

NAmE//ɪnˈtrɛntʃmənt//

1[uncountable] the fact of something being firmly established

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2[countable, usually plural] a system of trenches (= long narrow holes dug in the ground by soldiers to provide defense)

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