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Definition of bastion
n. - A work projecting outward from the main inclosure of a fortification, consisting of two faces and two flanks, and so constructed that it is able to defend by a flanking fire the adjacent curtain, or wall which extends from one bastion to another. Two adjacent bastions are connected by the curtain, which joins the flank of one with the adjacent flank of the other. The distance between the flanks of a bastion is called the gorge. A lunette is a detached bastion. See Ravelin. ²

The word "bastion" uses 7 letters: A B I N O S T.

Direct anagrams of bastion:
  bonitas   obtains

Words formed by adding one letter before or after bastion (in bold), or to abinost in any order:
e -   botanies   botanise   niobates   obeisant   g -   boasting   boatings   j -   banjoist   n -   antisnob   r -   taborins   s -   antiboss   bastions   t -   botanist  

Shorter words found within bastion:
ab   abo   abos   abs   ai   ain   ains   ais   ait   aits   an   ani   anis   ant   anti   antis   ants   as   at   ba   bait   baits   ban   bani   bans   bas   basin   basion   bast   bat   baton   batons   bats   bi   bias   bin   bins   bint   bints   bio   biont   bionts   bios   biota   biotas   bis   bison   bit   bits   bo   boa   boas   boast   boat   boats   bonita   bonsai   bos   bot   bota   botas   bots   in   ins   into   ion   ions   iota   iotas   is   isba   it   its   na   nab   nabis   nabs   naoi   naos   nib   nibs   nit   nits   no   nob   nobs   nos   not   nota   oast   oat   oats   obi   obia   obias   obis   obit   obits   obtain   on   ons   os   ostia   sab   sabin   sabot   sain   saint   santo   sat   sati   satin   si   sib   sin   sit   snib   snit   snob   snot   so   sob   son   sot   stab   stain   stoa   stoai   stob   ta   tab   tabs   tain   tains   tan   tans   tao   taos   tas   ti   tin   tins   tis   to   ton   tons  

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