Redoubt

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A small, often temporary defensive fortification.
  • n. A reinforcing earthwork or breastwork within a permanent rampart.
  • n. A protected place of refuge or defense.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A small, temporary, military fortification.
  • n. A reinforced refuge; a fort.
  • n. A place of safety or refuge.
  • v. To dread.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A small, and usually a roughly constructed, fort or outwork of varying shape, commonly erected for a temporary purpose, and without flanking defenses, -- used esp. in fortifying tops of hills and passes, and positions in hostile territory.
  • n. In permanent works, an outwork placed within another outwork. See F and i in Illust. of ravelin.
  • v. To stand in dread of; to regard with fear; to dread.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To fear; dread.
  • To venerate; honor.
  • n. See redout.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an entrenched stronghold or refuge
  • n. (military) a temporary or supplementary fortification; typically square or polygonal without flanking defenses
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Variant
    redout    ravelin   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    dread    fortificatio   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Kraut    about    all-out    bout    clout    crout    devout    doubt    drought    flout   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    rampart    bastion    fortress    palisade    fortification    earthwork    stockade    bunker    stronghold    barricade