Bastion

Word BASTION
Character 7
Hyphenation bas tion
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Definitions and meanings of "Bastion"

What do we mean by bastion?

A projecting part of a fortification. noun

A well-fortified position. noun

One that upholds or defends something, as against neglect or unpopularity: synonym: bulwark. noun

In fortification, a mass of earth, faced with sods, brick, or stones, standing out from a rampart, of which it is a principal part. 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. noun

A projecting part of a rampart or other fortification noun

A well-fortified position; a stronghold or citadel noun

A person, or thing, who strongly defends some principle noun

A stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle noun

Projecting part of a rampart or other fortification noun

A group that defends a principle noun

A projecting part of a rampart or other fortification.

A well-fortified position; a stronghold or citadel.

A person, group, or thing, that strongly defends some principle.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Bastion

The word "bastion" in example sentences

He has decried what he characterized as a bastion of lobbyists for seeking special carve outs to limit the effect of proposed financial regulation. ❋ Unknown (2010)

And, since this kind of writers are the main bastion of Portuguese SF/F production, it seems wrong to me to just dismiss them. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Venevision, once a particularly notorious anti-Chavista bastion, is now known as the Disney Channel, for its increasing abundance of cartoons and bland newscasts. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Happy birthday to the vivacious countess of joie de vivre, entitymel; the travelin 'bastion of darkness, bitterreign; and the torch-holder of modern Satanic burlesquery, the ever sexalicious szandora! ❋ Entitymel (2006)

Though we're not certain of the exact moment NPR was tagged a bastion of "liberal" media, this recent turn of events could lead into another conversation about what constitutes "liberal media" and what, for argument's sake, is "conservative media." ❋ Charles D. Ellison (2010)

Until then, Nagoya had been known as a bastion of support for the DPJ, whose voters have a mainly urban profile. ❋ Mari Iwata (2011)

Some 20% of residents of Brescia, often described as a bastion of industrialists and bankers, have income below the local poverty level, and the figure is 17.5% in Milan, he found. ❋ Christopher Emsden (2011)

How come in Germany -- not exactly known as a bastion of laissez-faire economics -- the big political winner so far is a party that believes in freer markets and a smaller state? ❋ Unknown (2009)

Curiously, the St. Petersburg Times (the so-called bastion of the "liberal" media and the "free press") didn't think that impeachment hearings were front page news. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Economy is called a bastion of welfare capitalism! ❋ Unknown (2006)

Last week the European Federation of Accountants, not known as a bastion of apocalyptic soothsayers, complained that many businesses seem to have "no understanding of the commercial risks of not being ready," and warned of an epidemic of missed payrolls, bills, even credit-card payments. ❋ Unknown (2007)

LOUIS: There's echoes in his current stance of what the "Wall Street Journal" editorial page, not known as a bastion of liberalism, but they used to promote year after year a seven word amendment to the United States Constitution saying there shall be free and open borders. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Reader Matt Johnson reminds me that the American Library Association — hardly known as a bastion of Republicanism — defines “banning” of books to include “remov [al of] material from the curriculum” of a public school. ❋ Unknown (2004)

The Ivy League in particular was known as a bastion of conservative northeast elitism. ❋ Kurlansky, Mark (2004)

CYPHER: We drew a circle around the last bastion, which is how I actually conceived as the part that we were going to keep private. ❋ Unknown (2000)

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