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Antonyms for blockhouse
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : blok-hous |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈblɒkˌhaʊs |
Definition of blockhouse
Origin :- c.1500, of uncertain origin (see blockade (n.)). Also in 16c. French, Dutch, German.
- As in bunker : noun underground shelter
- As in fort : noun stronghold
- As in citadel : noun top, tower
- As in fort/fortress : noun stronghold
- As in fortification : noun reinforced position
- It stands on the site of a blockhouse erected by the Swedish settlers in 1677.
- Extract from : « The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia » by Frank Cousins
- The blockhouse was blown up after the capture of its defenders.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) » by Various
- So we pushed on into the town and stayed there until a blockhouse was built.
- Extract from : « Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail » by Ezra Meeker
- At this time there was also a blockhouse at Canseau, where a few soldiers were stationed.
- Extract from : « A Half Century of Conflict - Volume I » by Francis Parkman
- So a blockhouse was built out of the Building of the blockhouse, La Navidad.
- Extract from : « The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) » by John Fiske.
- Soon the sand was baking, and the resin melting in the logs of the blockhouse.
- Extract from : « Treasure Island » by Robert Louis Stevenson
- They had a public library in 1796, and preaching in the blockhouse from the beginning.
- Extract from : « Stories Of Ohio » by William Dean Howells
- Here in the blockhouse was where they hoped to be able to hold out.
- Extract from : « Shaman » by Robert Shea
- Cooper had assigned himself to a gunport in the east wall of the blockhouse.
- Extract from : « Shaman » by Robert Shea
- The white men, retreating, were converging on the front door of the blockhouse.
- Extract from : « Shaman » by Robert Shea
Synonyms for blockhouse
- acropolis
- barricade
- barrier
- bastion
- battlement
- block
- blockhouse
- breastwork
- buffer
- bulwark
- camp
- castle
- citadel
- consolidation
- defense
- dugout
- earthwork
- embattlement
- entrenchment
- fastness
- fort
- fortification
- fortress
- garrison
- keep
- manor
- outpost
- parapet
- preparation
- presidio
- protection
- redoubt
- reinforcement
- shelter
- station
- stockade
- strengthening
- stronghold
- support
- wall
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