DEFENSIVE STRUCTURE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does defensive structure mean? 

• DEFENSIVE STRUCTURE (noun)
  The noun DEFENSIVE STRUCTURE has 1 sense:

1. a structure used to defend against attack

  Familiarity information: DEFENSIVE STRUCTURE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEFENSIVE STRUCTURE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A structure used to defend against attack

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

defence; defense; defensive structure

Context example:

the artillery battered down the defenses

Hypernyms ("defensive structure" is a kind of...):

construction; structure (a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts)

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

cheval-de-frise; chevaux-de-frise (defensive structure consisting of a movable obstacle composed of barbed wire or spikes attached to a wooden frame; used to obstruct cavalry)

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

fort; fortress (a fortified defensive structure)

line of defence; line of defense (defensive structure consisting of a barrier that can be employed for defense against attack)

outwork (subsidiary defensive structure lying outside the main fortified area)

fastness; stronghold (a strongly fortified defensive structure)