Bulwark - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈbʊlwɜːrk|
Brit.
|ˈbʊlwək|
noun
- an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes (syn: rampart, wall)
- a fencelike structure around a deck (usually plural)
- a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away (syn: breakwater, groin, groyne, jetty, mole, seawall)
- a fencelike structure around a deck (usually plural)
- a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away (syn: breakwater, groin, groyne, jetty, mole, seawall)
verb
- defend with a bulwark
Extra examples
...vowed to use any means necessary to bulwark the country agai nst a terrorist attack...
England appeared the great bulwark of the civil liberties of Europe.
Friends bulwarked him about from infancy to boyhood.
Broad battlements crested the bulwark.
Word forms
noun
singular: bulwark
plural: bulwarks
singular: bulwark
plural: bulwarks
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