stronghold
part of speech
noun (a stronghold, strongholds)
meaning for a pupil
1) A stronghold is a strong, well-defended place such as a castle or fort that is hard to attack. tree →
2) A stronghold is also a place where a group, idea, animal or plant is still strong and common: "The Highlands are a stronghold of the red squirrel." tree →
3) In politics, a stronghold is an area where most people support one party. tree →
sense in the lessons
In history lessons castles, hill forts and mountain hideouts are strongholds. In science and conservation, a stronghold is where a rare species survives in good numbers. In news, "a party's stronghold". In stories it is where the hero or villain hides. Phrases: "last stronghold", "rebel stronghold", "stronghold of".
examples
- The knights retreated to their stronghold on the hill. tree →
- The castle was a stronghold that no army could take. tree →
- Scotland is a stronghold for red squirrels. tree →
- The rebels held a stronghold in the mountains. tree →
- This town is a stronghold of the Labour Party. tree →
- The villain's stronghold was hidden under the sea. tree →
- The island is the last stronghold of the rare bird. tree →
- She travelled in the direction of Iollan’s stronghold. tree →
note
Countable: a stronghold, strongholds. Compound of strong + hold. Close words: fortress, castle, fort, bastion.
In the corpora
- And he brought them before the king of Moab; and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the stronghold.
- And David abode in the wilderness in the strongholds, and remained in the hill-country in the wilderness of Ziph.
- And David went up from thence, and dwelt in the strongholds of En-gedi.
- And Saul went home; but David and his men got them up unto the stronghold.
- Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion; the same is the city of David.
Trees and pragmatics
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