Definitions For Bulwark

noun

  • A protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away
  • A fencelike structure around a deck (usually plural)
  • An embankment built around a space for defensive purposes
  • Something that provides protection for or against something
  • A wall that is built for protection
  • A wall that is part of a ship's sides and that is above the ship's upper deck

verb

  • Defend with a bulwark

Is Bulwark a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
16
Words with Friends
19

The word Bulwark is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Bulwark in a Sentence

  • Democratic principles that stand as a bulwark against tyranny
  • Vowed to use any means necessary to bulwark the country agai nst a terrorist attack

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Antonyms for Bulwark

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