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baszta

Pronunciation: /ˈbaʂ.ta/

“baszta” is a Polish word. Its 16 meanings in English:

noun

  1. wall tower, fortified tower (defensive tower)
  2. wall tower (such an element in a coat of arms)
  3. wall tower (tall thing that isolates something else)
  4. water tank shaped like a tower at a train station
  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)
  6. turret (round, armored turret protecting a gun on a warship, tank or armored car)
  7. outwork; watchtower (minor, subsidiary fortification built beyond the main limits of fortification; tower used for guarding)
  8. dam (structure for holding back water)
  9. cover (movable gazebo-shaped roof formed by shields above the heads of attacking soldiers to protect them)
  10. defense (any kind of thing used for defense)
  11. lighthouse
  12. gazebo
  13. tent (kind of temporary shelter or a part of it)
  14. brothel
  15. tower (woman's hairstyle resembling a tower)
  16. backyard, court, courtyard, garden, yard (yard to the rear of a house or similar residence)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish baszta. Doublet of basteja.

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