arx — meaning in English
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English meaning
- bulwark noun A defensive wall or rampart.
- citadel noun A fortress, often built on high ground, that protects or overlooks a city.
- fortress noun A large, heavily defended building or town built to withstand attack.
- stronghold noun A fortified place built to resist attack.
Senses
arx is used for these senses in English:
- bulwark A defense or safeguard.
- fortress A fortified place; a large and permanent fortification, sometimes including a town; for example a fort, a castle; a stronghold; a place of defense or security.
- stronghold A place built to withstand attack; a fortress.
bulwark — full definition
- noun A defensive wall or rampart.
- noun A defense or safeguard.
- noun A breakwater.
- noun The planking or plating along the sides of a nautical vessel above her gunwale that reduces the likelihood of seas washing over the gunwales and people being washed overboard.
citadel — full definition
- noun A fortress, often built on high ground, that protects or overlooks a city.
- noun Any stronghold or heavily protected place, used figuratively.