Dictionary Definition
bulwark
Noun
1 an embankment built around a space for
defensive purposes; "they stormed the ramparts of the city"; "they
blew the trumpet and the walls came tumbling down" [syn: rampart, wall]
2 a fence-like structure around a deck [syn:
bulwarks]
3 a protective structure of stone or concrete;
extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing
away [syn: breakwater, groin, groyne, mole, seawall, jetty] v : defend with a
bulwark
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
bolwerk. Cognates include boulevard and baluarte.Pronunciation
- /ˈbʊlwɝk/, /ˈbʊlwɔɹk/
- /"bUlw@`k/, /"bUlwOrk/
Noun
Translations
a defensive wall or rampart
- Kurdish:
- Sorani: سهنگهر
a defense or safeguard
- Kurdish:
- Sorani: سهنگهر
a breakwater
- Finnish: aallonmurtaja
(nautical) the planking or plating along the
sides of a nautical vessel above her gunwale
Verb
- to fortify something with a wall or rampart
- to provide protection of defense for something
Extensive Definition
Bulwark can refer to:
- An architectural term
- Any of seven Royal Navy ships, see HMS Bulwark
- Part of the town of Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abatis,
abutment, advanced
work, aegis, arc-boutant,
arch dam, arm guard, backstop, balistraria, bamboo curtain,
bank, banquette, bar, barbed-wire entanglement,
barbican, barrage, barricade, barrier, bartizan, bastion, battlement, beam, bear-trap dam, beaver dam,
boom, breakwater, breastwork, brick wall,
buffer, bulkhead, bumper, buttress, buttress pier,
buttressing,
casemate,
cheval-de-frise, circumvallation,
citadel, cofferdam, contraceptive, contravallation,
copyright, counterscarp, cover, crash helmet, curtain, cushion, dam, dashboard, defend, defense, demibastion, dike, ditch, dodger, drawbridge, earthwork, embankment, enclosure, entanglement, escarp, escarpment, face mask,
fence, fend, fender, fieldwork, finger guard,
flying buttress, foot guard, fort, fortalice, fortification, fortress, fuse, gate, glacis, goggles, governor, gravity dam, groin, guard, guardrail, hand guard,
handrail, hanging
buttress, hard hat, helmet, hydraulic-fill dam,
insulation, interlock, iron curtain,
jam, jetty, jutty, knee guard, knuckle guard,
laminated glass, leaping weir, levee, life preserver, lifeline, lightning conductor,
lightning rod, logjam,
loophole, lunette, machicolation, mantelet, mask, merlon, milldam, moat, mole, mound, mudguard, nose guard, outwork, pad, padding, palisade, palladium, parados, parapet, patent, pier, pier buttress, pilot, portcullis, postern gate,
preventive, prophylactic, protect, protective clothing,
protective umbrella, rampart, ravelin, redan, redoubt, retaining wall,
roadblock, rock-fill
dam, safeguard,
safety, safety glass,
safety plug, safety rail, safety shoes, safety switch, safety
valve, sally port, scarp,
sconce, screen, seat belt, seawall, secure, shelter, shield, shin guard, shoulder, shutter dam, stockade, stone wall, stronghold, sun helmet,
tenaille, umbrella, vallation, vallum, wall, weir, wicket dam, windscreen, windshield, work