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redoubt
redoubt is a 7-letter English word with 5 senses as noun and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A small, and usually a roughly constructed, fort or outwork of varying shape, commonly erected for a temporary purpose, and without flanking defenses, -- used esp. in fortifying tops of hills and passes, and positions in hostile territory. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 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 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 5 senses
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- 1noun
A small, and usually a roughly constructed, fort or outwork of varying shape, commonly erected for a temporary purpose, and without flanking defenses, -- used esp. in fortifying tops of hills and passes, and positions in hostile territory.
- 2noun
In permanent works, an outwork placed within another outwork. See F and i in Illust. of Ravelin.
- 3transitive verb
To stand in dread of; to regard with fear; to dread.
- 4noun
an entrenched stronghold or refuge
- 5noun
(military) a temporary or supplementary fortification; typically square or polygonal without flanking defenses
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