| Main Entry: | fortification |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reinforced position |
Synonyms: |
barricade, barrier, bastion, battlement, block, blockhouse, breastwork, buffer, bulwark, castle, citadel, consolidation, defense, earthwork, embattlement, entrenchment, fastness, fort, fortress, garrison, keep, outpost, parapet, preparation, presidio, protection, reinforcement, stockade, strengthening, stronghold, support, wall |
| Main Entry: | levee |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | embankment |
Synonyms: |
bank, breakwater, dam, earthwork, mound |
| Notes: | a levee is a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea, while a levy is a charge or tax imposed and collected |
| Main Entry: | rampart |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fortification, stronghold |
Synonyms: |
barricade, barrier, bastion, breastwork, bulwark, defense, earthwork, elevation, embankment, fence, fort, guard, hill, mound, parapet, protection, ridge, security, support, vallation, wall |
| Main Entry: | trench |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ditch, channel dug in earth |
Synonyms: |
arroyo, canal, cut, depression, dike, drain, drill, dugout, earthwork, entrenchment, excavation, fosse, foxhole, furrow, gorge, gulch, gully, gutter, hollow, main, moat, pit, rut, sink, trough, tube, waterway |