bulwark

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/ˈbʊl.wək/ English

Definitions

noun

A defensive wall or rampart.
A defense or safeguard.
A breakwater.
The planking or plating along the sides of a nautical vessel above her gunwale that reduces the likelihood of seas washing over the gunwales and people being washed overboard.

verb

To fortify something with a wall or rampart.
To provide protection of defense for something.

Related words

Synonyms

wall rampart seawall jetty breakwater groyne mole groin bastion citadel fortress stronghold fort bunker railing barrier

Associated

bolshevism farthest communism encroachment moat refit ditch fortification antisemitism commando hms

Rhymes

bull work full work wool work

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