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bulwark | x |

As a noun bulwark

is a defensive wall or rampart.

As a verb bulwark

is to fortify something with a wall or rampart.

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

bulwark

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A defensive wall or rampart.
  • A defense or safeguard.
  • * Blackstone
    • The royal navy of England hath ever been its greatest defence, the floating bulwark of our island.
  • A breakwater.
  • (nautical) The planking or plating along the sides of a nautical vessel above her gunwale that reduces the likelihood of seas washing over the gunwales and people being washed overboard.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To fortify something with a wall or rampart.
  • To provide protection of defense for something.

    • x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
    • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.

    • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike

    • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
    • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----