redoubtnoun [ C ]
uk/rɪˈdaʊt/us/rɪˈdaʊt/formal something that holds or defends a belief or a way of life, especially one that is disappearing or threatened:
He described British public schools as "the last redoubt of upper-class privilege".
specialized military a small, often hidden building in which soldiers can hide while they are fighting
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Things remaining
- (and) all the rest idiom
- balance
- bastion
- cutpiece
- deposit
- dregs
- for the rest idiom
- ground
- remainder
- remains
- remnant
- residual
- residue
- rest
- ruin
- rump
- throwback
- time capsule
- vestige
- wreckage
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Fortifications
Places involved in military activity