Bastion definition: If a system or organization is described as a bastion of a particular way of life, it is. Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples. Log In Dictionary. Dictionary Grammar Blog School Scrabble Thesaurus Translator Quiz More Resources More from Collins. A bastion is an angular structure projecting outward from the curtain wall of an artillery fortification. The fully developed bastion consists of two faces and two flanks.
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bas·tion
(băs′chən, -tē-ən)n.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.]
bastion
(ˈbæstɪən) n1. (Fortifications) a projecting work in a fortification designed to permit fire to the flanks along the face of the wall
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]
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.
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]
bastion
A pentagonal work projecting from the main rampart. Dominant feature of European military architecture from the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries.
Noun | 1. | 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. | bastion - a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle acropolis - the citadel in ancient Greek towns stronghold, fastness - a strongly fortified defensive structure | |
3. | 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 |
bastion
nounstronghold, support, defence, rock, prop, refuge, fortress, mainstay, citadel, bulwark, tower of strength, fastnessThe army is still one of the last male bastions.
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bastion
[ˈbæstɪən]N (also fig) → baluartembastion
[ˈbæstiən]n (= stronghold) → bastionma male bastion → un bastionmasculin
a bastion of sth → un bastion de qch
bastion
n (lit, fig) → Bastionf; (= person) → Stützef, → Säulef
bastion
[ˈbæstɪən]n (castle wall) → bastionem; (stronghold) (fig) → baluardo
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 bolwerkbastion, 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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