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Sconce

A fortification, or work for defense; a fort.

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Bracket 76% connected

An architectural member, plain or ornamental, projecting from a wall or pier, to support weight falling outside of the same; also, a decorative featu…

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Earthwork 76% connected

Any construction, whether a temporary breastwork or permanent fortification, for attack or defense, the material of which is chiefly earth.

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Fort 76% connected

A strong or fortified place; usually, a small fortified place, occupied only by troops, surrounded with a ditch, rampart, and parapet, or with palisa…

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Fortress 76% connected

A fortified place; a large and permanent fortification, sometimes including a town; a fort; a castle; a stronghold; a place of defense or security.

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Light 76% connected

That agent, force, or action in nature by the operation of which upon the organs of sight, objects are rendered visible or luminous.

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Shelter 76% connected

That which covers or defends from injury or annoyance; a protection; a screen.

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Altar noun · 86% connection

a raised structure on which gifts or sacrifices to a god are made

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Arcade noun · 86% connection

a structure composed of a series of arches supported by columns

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Arch noun · 86% connection

(architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it

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Area noun · 86% connection

a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function; "the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants"

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Arena noun · 86% connection

a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments

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Balance noun · 86% connection

equality of distribution

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Balcony noun · 86% connection

a platform projecting from the wall of a building and surrounded by a balustrade or railing or parapet

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Bascule noun · 86% connection

a structure or device in which one end is counterbalanced by the other (on the principle of the seesaw)

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Boarding noun · 86% connection

a structure of boards

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Body noun · 86% connection

the external structure of a vehicle; "the body of the car was badly rusted"

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Bowl noun · 86% connection

a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments

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Bridge noun · 86% connection

a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.

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Building noun · 86% connection

a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corne…

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Catchment noun · 86% connection

a structure in which water is collected (especially a natural drainage area)

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Coil noun · 86% connection

a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops; "a coil of rope"

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Colonnade noun · 86% connection

a structure composed of a series of arches supported by columns

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Column noun · 86% connection

a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)

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Complex noun · 86% connection

a whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures

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Afforcement noun · 78% connection

A fortress; a fortification for defense.

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Answer noun · 78% connection

To speak in defense against; to reply to in defense; as, to answer a charge; to answer an accusation.

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Apologist noun · 78% connection

One who makes an apology; one who speaks or writes in defense of a faith, a cause, or an institution; especially, one who argues in de…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fortification, work, defense, fort.
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Bastile Bastille noun · 78% connection

A tower or an elevated work, used for the defense, or in the siege, of a fortified place.

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Bastion noun · 78% connection

A work projecting outward from the main inclosure of a fortification, consisting of two faces and two flanks, and so constructed that…

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Black hole unknown · 78% connection

A dungeon or dark cell in a prison; a military lock-up or guardroom; -- now commonly with allusion to the cell (the Black Hole) in a f…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fortification, work, defense, fort.
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Bonnet noun · 78% connection

A small defense work at a salient angle; or a part of a parapet elevated to screen the other part from enfilade fire.

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Botch noun · 78% connection

Work done in a bungling manner; a clumsy performance; a piece of work, or a place in work, marred in the doing, or not properly finish…

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Cannonade noun · 78% connection

The act of discharging cannon and throwing ball, shell, etc., for the purpose of destroying an army, or battering a town, ship, or for…

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Command noun · 78% connection

Control; power over something; sway; influence; as, to have command over one's temper or voice; the fort has command of the bridge.

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Coquina noun · 78% connection

A soft, whitish, coral-like stone, formed of broken shells and corals, found in the southern United States, and used for roadbeds and…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fortification, work, defense, fort.
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Degarnish verb · 78% connection

To deprive of a garrison, or of troops necessary for defense; as, to degarnish a city or fort.

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Delivery noun · 78% connection

The act of delivering up or over; surrender; transfer of the body or substance of a thing; distribution; as, the delivery of a fort, o…

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Dismantle verb · 78% connection

To strip of furniture and equipments, guns, etc.; to unrig; to strip of walls or outworks; to break down; as, to dismantle a fort, a t…

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