Bastion - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈbæstɪən|
Brit.
|ˈbæstɪən|
noun
- a group that defends a principle
- projecting part of a rampart or other fortification
a bastion against corruption
the last bastion of communism
- a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle (syn: citadel)the last bastion of communism
- projecting part of a rampart or other fortification
Extra examples
...the rebel army retreated to its bastion in the mountains to regroup...
These clubs are the last bastions of male privilege.
Pearl Harbor was the principal American bastion in the Pacific.
The college had been known as a bastion of WASP privilege.
Marlborough erected another battery to play upon the south-eastern bastion.
Flanked angle is the angle made by the two faces of the bastion.
Word forms
noun
singular: bastion
plural: bastions
singular: bastion
plural: bastions
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