Sinonim bulwark

English Thesaurus

1. a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	barrier,
definition	:	a structure or object that impedes free movement (noun.artifact)

2. a fencelike structure around a deck (usually plural) (noun.artifact)

part meronym	:	ship,
definition	:	a vessel that carries passengers or freight (noun.artifact)

3. an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	embankment,
definition	:	a long artificial mound of stone or earth; built to hold back water or to support a road or as protection (noun.artifact)

hyponym	:	bailey,
definition	:	the outer defensive wall that surrounds the outer courtyard of a castle (noun.artifact)

hyponym	:	battlement, crenelation, crenellation,
definition	:	a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns (noun.artifact)

hyponym	:	earthwork,
definition	:	an earthen rampart (noun.artifact)

hyponym	:	fraise,
definition	:	sloping or horizontal rampart of pointed stakes (noun.artifact)

hyponym	:	merlon,
definition	:	a solid section between two crenels in a crenelated battlement (noun.artifact)

instance hyponym	:	antonine wall,
definition	:	a fortification 37 miles long across the narrowest part of southern Scotland (between the Firth of Forth and the Firth of Clyde); built in 140 to mark the frontier of the Roman province of Britain (noun.artifact)

instance hyponym	:	chinese wall, great wall, great wall of china,
definition	:	a fortification 1,500 miles long built across northern China in the 3rd century BC; it averages 6 meters in width (noun.artifact)

part meronym	:	fortification, munition,
definition	:	defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it (noun.artifact)

4. defend with a bulwark (verb.competition)

hypernym	:	defend,
definition	:	be on the defensive; act against an attack (verb.competition)

5. a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	bulwark,
definition	:	defend with a bulwark (verb.competition)

6. an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	fence, fence in, palisade, surround, wall,
definition	:	surround with a wall in order to fortify (verb.competition)

7. defend with a bulwark (verb.competition)

derivation	:	breakwater, bulwark, groin, groyne, jetty, mole, seawall,
definition	:	a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	bulwark, rampart, wall,
definition	:	an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes (noun.artifact)

8. a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	bulwark,
definition	:	defend with a bulwark (verb.competition)

9. an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	fence, fence in, palisade, surround, wall,
definition	:	surround with a wall in order to fortify (verb.competition)

10. defend with a bulwark (verb.competition)

derivation	:	breakwater, bulwark, groin, groyne, jetty, mole, seawall,
definition	:	a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	bulwark, rampart, wall,
definition	:	an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes (noun.artifact)