fortification (n)
munition#1 (n)

n03385557

type n
lex_filenum 06
def defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it
Outgoing links
Hypernym defensive structure, defense, defence
Derivationally related form fortification → fortify
Hyponym bastion; bunker, dugout; castle; defilade; entrenchment, intrenchment; escarpment, escarp, scarp, protective embankment; fieldwork; lunette; palisade; parapet, breastwork; redoubt; stockade
Instance Hyponym Maginot Line; Siegfried line
Part meronym rampart, bulwark, wall
Incoming links
Hypernym bastion; bunker, dugout; castle; defilade; entrenchment, intrenchment; escarpment, escarp, scarp, protective embankment; fieldwork; lunette; palisade; parapet, breastwork; redoubt; stockade
Hyponym defensive structure, defense, defence
Instance Hypernym Maginot Line; Siegfried line
Part holonym rampart, bulwark, wall
Derivationally related form fortify → fortification

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