rampart (n)
bulwark#1 (n)
wall#1 (n)

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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
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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
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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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