English noun: rampart | |||
| 1. | rampart (artifact) an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes | ||
| Samples | They stormed the ramparts of the city. They blew the trumpet and the walls came tumbling down. | ||
| Synonyms | bulwark, wall | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | embankment | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bailey, battlement, crenelation, crenellation, earthwork, fraise, merlon | ||
| Instance hyponym | Antonine Wall, Chinese Wall, Great Wall, Great Wall of China | ||
| Part meronym | fortification, munition | ||