as in rampart
a low wall at the edge of a platform, roof, or bridge
The invaders fired arrows over the castle's parapet.
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Recent Examples of parapet
Charles placed an arrangement of flowers on a parapet before the couple silently bowed their heads in a moment of reflection.
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Philip Marcelo,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
They were greeted at the National 9/11 memorial plaza in Lower Manhattan by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, then walked to one of the memorial’s two pools, where parapets bear the names of the victims of the attacks.
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ABC News,
29 Apr. 2026
Charles laid flowers on the parapet.
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Philip Marcelo,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2026
Video of firefighters fighting the inferno shows massive flames shooting out of the top windows onto the roof’s parapet.
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Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
21 Apr. 2026
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Philip Marcelo,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
They were greeted at the National 9/11 memorial plaza in Lower Manhattan by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, then walked to one of the memorial’s two pools, where parapets bear the names of the victims of the attacks.
—
ABC News,
29 Apr. 2026
Charles laid flowers on the parapet.
—
Philip Marcelo,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2026
Video of firefighters fighting the inferno shows massive flames shooting out of the top windows onto the roof’s parapet.
—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
21 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for parapet
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In 1946, Picasso set up his studio in Château Grimaldi, a former medieval castle perched above the ramparts.
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The best are those on top floors with views of the pool or Caribbean Sea beyond city ramparts—uninterrupted for over 500 miles north to Jamaica.
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By the Second World War, pillboxes had become standard defense fortifications.
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During Fascism, the first fortification works arose, but also roads, houses, schools, a hospital.
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One of the oldest citadels in the Middle East, Jerash has seen an unbroken chain of human occupation since the Bronze Age.
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Jerash, Jordan: One of the oldest citadels in the Middle East, with an unbroken chain of human occupation since the Bronze Age.
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“Parapet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parapet. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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