baluarte — meaning in English
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English meaning
- bastion noun A projecting section of a fort or castle wall, built to give defenders a better line of fire.
- bulwark noun A defensive wall or rampart.
- linchpin noun A pin pushed through the end of an axle to keep a wheel from sliding off.
- rampart noun A defensive wall or raised bank of earth surrounding a fort or town, often topped with a walkway.
- wall noun A solid upright structure that encloses, divides, or protects an area.
Senses
baluarte is used for these senses in English:
- bastion (figuratively) A person, group, or thing, that strongly defends some principle.
- linchpin (figuratively) A central cohesive source of stability and security; a person or thing that is critical to a system or organisation.
- rampart A defensive structure; a protective barrier; a bulwark.
- wall A structure built for defense surrounding a city, castle etc.
bastion — full definition
- noun A projecting section of a fort or castle wall, built to give defenders a better line of fire.
- noun A place, group, or person that firmly protects and upholds something, such as an idea or value.
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.