BASTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bastion mean? 

• BASTION (noun)
  The noun BASTION has 3 senses:

1. a group that defends a principle

2. a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle

3. projecting part of a rampart or other fortification

  Familiarity information: BASTION used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BASTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A group that defends a principle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Context example:

the last bastion of communism

Hypernyms ("bastion" is a kind of...):

defence; defence force; defense; defense force (an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

bastion; citadel

Hypernyms ("bastion" is a kind of...):

fastness; stronghold (a strongly fortified defensive structure)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bastion"):

acropolis (the citadel in ancient Greek towns)

kremlin (citadel of a Russian town)

Instance hyponyms:

Kremlin (citadel of Moscow, housing the offices of the Russian government)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Projecting part of a rampart or other fortification

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("bastion" is a kind of...):

fortification; munition (defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it)

 Context examples 

From either side they were sweeping down from room to room and from bastion to bastion in the direction of the keep.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)