stronghold
strong·hold
noun \ˈstrȯŋ-ˌhōld\Definition of STRONGHOLD
1
: a fortified place
2
a : a place of security or survival <one of the last strongholds of the ancient Gaelic language — George Holmes> b : a place dominated by a particular group or marked by a particular characteristic <a Republican stronghold> <strongholds of snobbery — Lionel Trilling>
Examples of STRONGHOLD
- The area is a Republican stronghold.
- The rebels retreated to their mountain stronghold.
- the last stronghold of the endangered deer
First Known Use of STRONGHOLD
15th century
Related to STRONGHOLD
Related Words: battlement, breastwork, bulwark, earthwork, embattlement, parapet, rampart; bunker, dugout; blockhouse, garrison house; alcazar, casbah (also kasbah)
Rhymes with STRONGHOLD
acold, age-old, ahold, all told, behold, bifold, billfold, black gold, blindfold, blue mold, bread mold, choke hold, controlled, Cotswold, cuckold, eightfold, enfold, fanfold, fivefold, fool's gold, foothold, fourfold, freehold, gatefold, go gold, green mold, handhold, head cold, household, ice-cold, infold, knock cold, leaf mold, leasehold, make bold, ninefold, old gold, onefold, on hold, pinfold, potholed, roothold, scaffold, sheepfold, sixfold, slime mold, stokehold, stone-cold, take hold, tenfold, threefold, threshold, toehold, twice-told, twofold, unfold, unmold, untold, uphold, white gold, whole-souled, withhold
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