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baszta.

wall tower, fortified tower (defensive tower)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Polski language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈbaʂ.ta//ˈbaʂ.ta/Middle, Polish/ˈbɒʂ.ta/Middle, Polish[ˈbaʂ.ta]
  1. wall tower, fortified tower (defensive tower)

    feminine
  2. wall tower, fortified tower (defensive tower) wall tower (such an element in a coat of arms)

    Middle · Polish · feminine
  3. wall tower (tall thing that isolates something else)

    feminine · figuratively · obsolete
  4. water tank shaped like a tower at a train station

    feminine · obsolete
  5. gate; barrier (wooden box, stone chamber, or grate at a water inlet to a pond protecting the entry against predatory fish and preventing fish from escaping)

    feminine · obsolete
  6. turret (round, armored turret protecting a gun on a warship, tank or armored car)

    feminine · obsolete
  7. outwork; watchtower (minor, subsidiary fortification built beyond the main limits of fortification; tower used for guarding)

    feminine · obsolete
  8. dam (structure for holding back water)

    feminine
  9. cover (movable gazebo-shaped roof formed by shields above the heads of attacking soldiers to protect them)

    Middle · Polish · feminine
  10. defense (any kind of thing used for defense)

    Middle · Polish · feminine · figuratively
  11. lighthouse

    Middle · Polish · feminine
  12. gazebo

    Middle · Polish · feminine
  13. tent (kind of temporary shelter or a part of it)

    Middle · Polish · feminine
  14. brothel

    Middle · Polish · feminine
  15. tower (woman's hairstyle resembling a tower)

    Middle · Polish · feminine
  16. backyard, court, courtyard, garden, yard (yard to the rear of a house or similar residence)

    Middle · Polish · feminine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *bast Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-West Germanic *-jan Frankish *bastijanbor. Vulgar Latin *bastīre Italian bastireder. Italian bastiabor. Old Czech baštabor. Old Polish baszta Polish baszta Inherited from Old Polish baszta. Doublet of basteja.

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