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An example use of fence in a speech by a native speaker of british english:
“… of connie mac's spide fence which was …”
A fence is a barrier that is usually made of wood or metal, and is used to enclose an area.
the word fence occurs in english on average 17.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.
it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that fence can be often used in the following areas:
1) business and work;
2) leisure and entertainment;
3) transport and travel;