n04051825
type | n |
lex_filenum | 06 |
def | an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes |
examples | they stormed the ramparts of the city they blew the trumpet and the walls came tumbling down |
Outgoing links | |
Hypernym | embankment |
Part holonym | fortification, munition |
Derivationally related form | wall → wall |
Derivationally related form | bulwark → bulwark |
Instance Hyponym | Antonine Wall; Chinese Wall, Great Wall, Great Wall of China |
Hyponym | bailey; battlement, crenelation, crenellation; earthwork; fraise; merlon |
Incoming links | |
Instance Hypernym | Antonine Wall; Chinese Wall, Great Wall, Great Wall of China |
Hypernym | bailey; battlement, crenelation, crenellation; earthwork; fraise; merlon |
Hyponym | embankment |
Part meronym | fortification, munition |
Derivationally related form | bulwark → bulwark |
Derivationally related form | wall → wall |
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