кре́пость — meaning in English
krepost
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English meaning
- Bastille noun A fortress or prison, especially one associated with harsh or unjust treatment of its inmates.
- citadel noun A fortress, often built on high ground, that protects or overlooks a city.
- fastness noun The quality or state of being fast (in various senses).
- fortress noun A large, heavily defended building or town built to withstand attack.
- rook noun A large black European bird related to the crow, known for nesting in noisy colonies.
- stronghold noun A fortified place built to resist attack.
Senses
кре́пость is used for these senses in English:
- bastille Chiefly in French contexts: a bastion or tower of a castle; also, a fortified tower or other building; or a small citadel or fortress.
- citadel A strong fortress that sits high above a city.
- citadel (sometimes, figurative) A stronghold or fortified place.
- fastness (archaic) Of a fortress or other place: the quality or state of being secure from access or attack; safety, security.
- 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.
- rook (rare) A castle or other fortification.
- stoutness (usually, uncountable) The state or quality of being stout.
- stronghold A place built to withstand attack; a fortress.
Bastille — full definition
- noun A fortress or prison, especially one associated with harsh or unjust treatment of its inmates.
- noun Capitalized: the Bastille, a Paris fortress-prison whose storming by an angry crowd in 1789 marked the start of the French Revolution.
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.