Definition of 'bulwark'
Word forms: plural bulwarks
countable noun [oft N against/of n]
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bulwark in American English
noun
2.
3.
a person or thing serving as a strong defense or protection
4. [usually pl.]
the part of a ship's side above the deck
verb transitive
5.
to provide bulwarks for
6.
to be a bulwark to
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bulwark in American English
(ˈbulwərk, -wɔrk, ˈbʌl-)
noun
SYNONYMS 3. support, buttress, mainstay.1.
a wall of earth or other material built for defense; rampart
2.
The new dam was a bulwark against future floods
3.
Religion was his bulwark
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Word origin
[1375–1425; late ME bulwerk, prob. ‹ MD bolwerc, equiv. to bol(l)e bole1 + werk work (n.); cf. boulevard]Word Frequency
bulwark in British English
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C15: via Dutch from Middle High German bolwerk, from bol plank, bole1 + werk workExamples of 'bulwark' in a sentence
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