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Definition bulwark

Etymology

From Middle English, from Middle Dutch bolwerk, bolwerc and Middle Low German bolwerk, equivalent to bole (“tree trunk”) +‎ work. Cognate with German Bollwerk, Danish bolværk, Dutch bolwerk. Doublet of boulevard (from French boulevard, from Dutch); cognate with Portuguese and Spanish baluarte and Italian baluardo.

Noun

bulwark (plural bulwarks)

  1. A defensive wall or rampart.
  2. A defense or safeguard.
  3. A breakwater.
  4. (nautical) The planking or plating along the sides of a nautical vessel above her gunwale that reduces the likelihood of seas washing over the gunwales and people being washed overboard.
  5. (figuratively) Any means of defence or security.

Verb

bulwark (third-person singular simple present bulwarks, present participle bulwarking, simple past and past participle bulwarked)

  1. (transitive) To fortify something with a wall or rampart.
  2. (transitive) To provide protection of defense for something.

Results 55 Words with the letters BULWARK

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BAULK 14
BRAWL 12
4 letter words with the letters BULWARK 
BALK 12
BARK 11
BAWL 11
BLAW 11
BLUR 9
BRAW 10
BULK 13
BURA 8
BURL 9
KBAR 11
LARK 9
LURK 10
RAKU 9
WALK 12
WARK 11
WAUK 12
WAUL 9
WAUR 8
3 letter words with the letters BULWARK 
ALB 7
ARB 6
ARK 7
AUK 8
AWL 7
BAL 7
BAR 6
BRA 6
BUR 7
KAB 10
LAB 7
LAR 4
LAW 7
RAW 6
RUB 7
URB 7
WAB 9
WAR 6
2 letter words with the letters BULWARK 
AB 5
AL 3
AR 2
AW 5
BA 5
KA 6
LA 3

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