rampart English

Meaning rampart meaning

What does rampart mean?

Definitions in simple English

rampart Noun

— A rampart is a defensive wall with a wide top and usually a stone parapet.

rampart Verb

— If you rampart, you fortify, surround or defend something with a rampart.

rampart

— noun (= 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

Synonyms rampart synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as rampart?

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bulwark

wall

pile

heap

stronghold

fortification

bastion

surrounding wall

mound

fortress

fort

battlement

barrier

walling timber

vallasion

turret

trench

sconce

revetment

protection

precipice

pile up

parapet

palisade

mud-wall

mountain

knoll

hillock

hedge

fence

fastness

entrenchment

embankment

earthwork fortification

earth-work

defensive wall

defense

defence works strong-hold

cliff

city wall

citadel

circum-vallation

castle walls

bulkhead

bluff

bench

battlements

bank

agger

Topics rampart topics

What do people use rampart to talk about?

Social behavior Conflict War Military organization

Fort

• What words refer to a wall around a fort?
  wall palisade rampart