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half-bastion

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.31 in modern English

Syllables
half-bas-tion
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

n

in military architecture, a bastion constructed of one face, and one flank.

Synonyms

demi-bastion

Questions

What does half-bastion mean?
in military architecture, a bastion constructed of one face, and one flank.

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