| NOUN | artifact | stronghold, fastness | a strongly fortified defensive structure |
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| Sounds | strao'nghhow.ld | |
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| Rhymes | behold ... wold: 49 rhymes with owld... | |
| Meaning | A strongly fortified defensive structure. | |
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| Synonym | fastness | |
| Narrower | bastion, citadel | A stronghold into which people could go for shelter / shelter during a battle |
| blockhouse | A stronghold that is reinforced for protection from enemy / enemy fire | |
| hold | A stronghold | |
| keep, donjon, dungeon | The main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress | |
| redoubt | An entrenched stronghold or refuge | |
| Broader | defensive structure, defense, defence | A structure used to defend against attack |
| Spanish | baluarte, bastión, fortaleza | |
| Catalan | baluard, bastió, fortalesa, plaça forta | |
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