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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

  1. noun A fortress or prison, especially one associated with harsh or unjust treatment of its inmates.
  2. 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

  1. noun A fortress, often built on high ground, that protects or overlooks a city.
  2. noun Any stronghold or heavily protected place, used figuratively.

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