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Definitions for Rampart

[1] Fortification . a broad elevation or mound of earth raised as a fortification around a place and usually capped with a stone or earth parapet. such an elevation together with the parapet.
[2] anything serving as a bulwark or defense.
[3] to furnish with or as if with a rampart.
[4] the surrounding embankment of a fort, often including any walls, parapets, walks, etc, that are built on the bank
[5] anything resembling a rampart in form or function, esp in being a defence or bulwark
[6] Canadian a steep rock wall in a river gorge
[7] (tr) to provide with a rampart; fortify

Words related to Rampart

barricade, bastion, ridge, fence, barrier, bulwark, wall, parapet, support, guard, defense, hill, embankment, protection, elevation, mound, security, fort, breastwork, earthwork

Words nearby Rampart

ramp up, rampage, rampageous, rampancy, rampant, rampart, rampasture, ramphal, ramphele, rampike, rampion

Origin of Rampart

1575–85; < Middle French, derivative of remparer, equivalent to re- re- + emparer to take possession of < Provençal amparar ≪ Latin ante- ante- + parāre to prepare

Word origin for Rampart

C16: from Old French, from remparer , from re- + emparer to take possession of, from Old Provençal antparar , from Latin ante before + parāre to prepare

Synonyms for Rampart

barricade, barrier, bastion, breastwork, bulwark, defense, earthwork, elevation, embankment, fence, fort, guard, hill, mound, parapet, protection, ridge, security, support, wall, vallation