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strongholds

strongholds is the plural of stronghold.

Meaning of stronghold

Noun

stronghold (plural strongholds)

  1. A place built to withstand attack; a fortress.
    • AFter this victory thus opteyned by the Sicambris, they waxed so stronge that they wan frome yᵉ Almaynes dyuers Townes & stronge holds wᵗin Germania, and after that they opteyned yᵉ famous Cytie named Treueris; which as wytnessyth yᵉ Auctour of Cronica Cronicaruin, was firste foundyd in the Towne...a. 1513, Robert Fabyan, Henry Ellis, “Gallie Prouincia”, in The New Chronicles of England and France, in Two Parts; … Named by Himself the Concordance of Histories. Reprinted from Pynson’s Edition of...
  2. (figuratively) A place of domination by, or refuge or survival of, a particular group or idea.
    • the last stronghold of the Cornish language

Questions about strongholds

What is strongholds the plural of?
Strongholds is the plural of stronghold.

Words near strongholds in the dictionary

  1. strongheadedness
  2. stronghearted
  3. strongheartedly
  4. strongheartedness
  5. stronghold
  6. strongholds
  7. Stronghurst
  8. strongish
  9. stronglier
  10. strongliest
  11. strongling

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