bastion

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. A projecting part of a rampart or other fortification.
2. A well-fortified position; a stronghold or citadel.
3. (figuratively) A person, group, or thing, that strongly defends some principle.
4. Any large prominence; something that resembles a bastion in size and form.

Verb

To furnish with a bastion.

Conceptos

bastión

baluarte

plaza fuerte

reducto

baluerte

ciudadela

alcázar

Sinónimos

bulwark

citadel

stronghold

fortress

rampart

parapet

redoubt

rook

sconce

turret

inner citadel

proxy gateway

battlement

walling timber

blockhouse

bulkhead

fort

fortification

Traducciones

bastion

Bastion

baluardo

bastione

baluarte

baluard

έπαλξη

bastió

Bollwerk

προπύργιο

bastion

bastião

citadelle

προμαχώνας

bolwerk

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈbæsti.ən/

Etimología (Inglés)

First attested in 1562. From French bastion, from Old French bastille (“fortress”).