bulwark

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes
- they stormed the ramparts of the city
- they blew the trumpet and the walls came tumbling down
• Syn:
rampart, wall
• Derivationally related forms:
wall (for: wall)
• Hypernyms:
embankment
• Hyponyms:
bailey, battlement, crenelation, crenellation, earthwork,
fraise, merlon
• Instance Hyponyms:
Antonine Wall, Chinese Wall, Great Wall, Great Wall of China
• Part Holonyms:
fortification, munition
2. a fencelike structure around a deck (usually plural)
• Hypernyms:
barrier
• Part Holonyms:
ship
3. a protective structure of stone or concrete;
extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away
• Syn:
breakwater, groin, groyne, mole, seawall, jetty
• Hypernyms:
barrier

II - verb

defend with a bulwark
• Hypernyms:
defend
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  breakwater, groin, groyne, mole, seawall, jetty, rampart, wall