bastion

bastion is a 7-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A work projecting outward from the main inclosure of a fortification, consisting of two faces and two flanks, and so constructed that it is able to defend by a flanking fire the adjacent curtain, or wall which extends from one bastion to another. Two adjacent bastions are connected by the curtain, which joins the flank of one with the adjacent flank of the other. The distance between the flanks of a bastion is called the gorge. A lunette is a detached bastion. See Ravelin. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A work projecting outward from the main inclosure of a fortification, consisting of two faces and two flanks, and so constructed that it is able to defend by a flanking fire the adjacent curtain, or wall which extends from one bastion to another. Two adjacent bastions are connected by the curtain, which joins the flank of one with the adjacent flank of the other. The distance between the flanks of a bastion is called the gorge. A lunette is a detached bastion. See Ravelin.
2. noun. projecting part of a rampart or other fortification
3. noun. a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle

   Synonyms: citadel

4. noun. a group that defends a principle

   "a bastion against corruption"

   "the last bastion of communism"

Synonyms

citadel

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in bastion:

bonitas, obtains

Common word forms

bastions, bastioned

Words from these letters

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