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bulwarks
 
Noun bulwark has 3 senses
  1. rampart, bulwark, wall - an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes; "they stormed the ramparts of the city"; "they blew the trumpet and the walls came tumbling down"
    --1 is a kind of barrier; embankment; barrier; embankment
    --1 is a part of
     ship; 2 of 3 senses of bulwark ; rampart, bulwark, wall; fortification, munition; bulwarks, bulwark; ship; 2 of 3 senses of bulwark ; rampart, bulwark, wall; fortification, munition
     --1 has particulars:
     Antonine Wall; bailey; battlement, crenelation, crenellation; Chinese Wall, Great Wall, Great Wall of China; earthwork; fraise; merlon
    Derived form: verb bulwark1
  2. bulwarks, bulwark - a fence-like structure around a deck
    --2 is a kind of barrier; barrier
    --2 is a part of ship; bulwarks, bulwark; ship
  3. breakwater, groin, groyne, mole, bulwark, seawall, jetty - a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away
    --3 is a kind of barrier; barrier
    Derived form: verb bulwark1
Verb bulwark has 1 sense
  1. bulwark - defend with a bulwark
    --1 is one way to     defend
    Derived forms: noun bulwark1, noun bulwark3
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
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