nnoun.artifactan embankment built around a space for defensive purposesSynset:rampart wall
Examples:- they stormed the ramparts of the city
- they blew the trumpet and the walls came tumbling down
Derivationally Related Form:wallbulwark
Part Holonyms:fortification munition
Hypernyms:embankment
Inherited Hypernyms:rampartembankmentmoundstructureartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:baileybattlementcrenelationcrenellationearthworkfraisemerlon
Instance Hyponyms:Antonine Wall Chinese Wall Great Wall Great Wall of China
Full Hyponyms:baileybattlementearthworkfraisemerlonsconce
nnoun.artifacta fencelike structure around a deck (usually plural)Part Holonyms:ship
Hypernyms:barrier
Inherited Hypernyms:bulwarkbarrierobstructionstructureartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
nnoun.artifacta protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing awaySynset:breakwater groin groyne jetty mole seawall
Derivationally Related Form:bulwark
Hypernyms:barrier
Inherited Hypernyms:breakwaterbarrierobstructionstructureartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
vverb.competitiondefend with a bulwarkDerivationally Related Form:bulwark
Hypernyms:defend
Inherited Hypernyms:bulwarkdefendprevent
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something