security fence

Property boundary barrier

A security fence is a barrier designed to prevent unauthorized entry, protect property, or mark boundaries that shouldn't be crossed.

Security fences typically feature deterrent elements—height, barbed wire, electrification, or surveillance equipment: The prison's security fence was topped with razor wire.

The term also applies to controversial border barriers: Israel's security fence in the West Bank.

Opposites
access control

security fenceopen door

Barrier removed for entry

welcome mat · public access · free entry · open invitation · red carpet

protection philosophy

security fencevulnerability

Openness to harm

defenselessness · transparency · open-door policy · honor system · open society

physical structure

security fenceopen field

Unenclosed outdoor space

open space · public plaza · commons · gateway · gap

Family

security, fence, secure, securely, insecure, insecurity, securities, securing, secured

Familiarity
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Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G