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bas·tion

(băs′chən, -tē-ən)
n.
1. A projecting part of a fortification.
2. A well-fortified position.
3. One that upholds or defends something, as against neglect or unpopularity: a college that is a bastion of traditionalism. See Synonyms at bulwark.
[French, from Old French bastillon, from bastille, fortress; see bastille.]
bas′tioned adj.
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bastion

(ˈbæstɪən)
n
1. (Fortifications) a projecting work in a fortification designed to permit fire to the flanks along the face of the wall
2. any fortified place
3. a thing or person regarded as upholding or defending an attitude, principle, etc: the last bastion of opposition.
[C16: from French, from earlier bastillon bastion, from bastille Bastille]
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bas•tion

(ˈbæs tʃən)

n.
1. a projecting portion of a rampart or fortification that forms an irregular pentagon attached at the base to the main work.
2. a fortified place.
3. anything seen as preserving some quality, condition, etc.: a bastion of democracy.
[1590–1600; < Middle French < Italian bastione < Upper Italian bastí(a) bastion, orig., fortified, built < Germanic]
bas′tioned, adj.
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bastion

A pentagonal work projecting from the main rampart. Dominant feature of European military architecture from the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun 1. [画像:bastion - a group that defends a principle]bastion - a group that defends a principle; "a bastion against corruption"; "the last bastion of communism"
defence force, defense force, defence, defense - an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack; "he joined the defense against invasion"
2. [画像:bastion - a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle]bastion - a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle
acropolis - the citadel in ancient Greek towns
kremlin - citadel of a Russian town
stronghold, fastness - a strongly fortified defensive structure
3. [画像:bastion - projecting part of a rampart or other fortification]bastion - projecting part of a rampart or other fortification
fortification, munition - defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it
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bastion

noun stronghold, support, defence, rock, prop, refuge, fortress, mainstay, citadel, bulwark, tower of strength, fastness The army is still one of the last male bastions.
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Translations
مَعْقِل
bašta
bastionfæstning
bastionilinnakepuolestapuhuja
vígi
bastionastvirtovė
bastions
bašta
bastion

bastion

[ˈbæstɪən] N (also fig) → baluarte m
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bastion

[ˈbæstiən] n (= stronghold) → bastion m
a male bastion → un bastion masculin
a bastion of sth → un bastion de qch
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bastion

n (lit, fig) → Bastion f; (= person) → Stütze f, → Säule f
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bastion

[ˈbæstɪən] n (castle wall) → bastione m; (stronghold) (fig) → baluardo
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

bastion

(ˈbӕstjən) , ((American) ˈbastʃən) noun
a person, place or thing which acts as a defence. He's one of the last bastions of the old leisurely way of life. bastion, vesting مَعْقِل / دِفاع укрепление bastião bašta das Bollwerk, die Festung fæstning; bastion προπύργιο bastión, baluarte kants تکیه گاه linnake bastion חוֹמַת מָגֶן गढ़ bastion, bedem bástya pertahanan, kubu vígi bastione とりで 보루 bastionas, tvirtovė bastions kubu bolwerk bastion, festning bastion برج (د كلا يا حصار)، جنگځي (هر ډول)، سنگر، مورچل bastião bas­tion оплот bašta branik bastion bastion ปราการ kale 堡壘,防禦者(物) бастіон فصیل کی برجی pháo đài 堡垒
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From either side they were sweeping down from room to room and from bastion to bastion in the direction of the keep.
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When he beheld nothing but stockades and bastions, calculated for defense against naked savages, he felt an emotion of indignant surprise, mingled with something of the ludicrous.
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