Bastion
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈbæsti.ən/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Bastion is a noun meaning (architecture) A projecting part of a rampart or other fortification.
Meaning
(architecture) A projecting part of a rampart or other fortification.
More Meanings
- A well-fortified position; a stronghold or citadel.
- (figuratively) A person, group, or thing, that strongly defends some principle.
- Any large prominence; something that resembles a bastion in size and form.
- (transitive) To furnish with a bastion.
Example Sentences
a bastion of hope
the bastion of democracy
[…] yonder cloud That rises upward always higher, And onward drags a labouring breast, And topples round the dreary west, A looming bastion fringed with fire.
It spread slowly up from the sea-rim, a welling upwards of pure white light, ghosting the beach with silver and drawing the grey bastions of sandstone out of formless space.
Word Forms
- bastions
- bastioning
- bastioned
Synonyms for bastion
Depending on context, synonyms include citadel.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include citadel, fortress, stronghold, castle, bulwark, rampart.
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