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# bulwark

«bulwark» in Mova's school dictionary: **A wall or strong defence against attack** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (bulwarks)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A wall or strong defence against attack. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bulwark/#m1)

2) The raised side of a ship above the deck. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bulwark/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

a strong defence, such as a city's walls or a great hope, in a tale

### examples

- After Hector's death, the Trojans lost their great bulwark. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bulwark/#x1)
- The waves crashed against the castle bulwarks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bulwark/#x2)
- The rocky cliff was a bulwark against the sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bulwark/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «bulwark» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bulwark/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.