baszta
Pronunciation: /ˈbaʂ.ta/
“baszta” is a Polish word. Its 16 meanings in English:
noun
- wall tower, fortified tower (defensive tower)
- wall tower (such an element in a coat of arms)
- wall tower (tall thing that isolates something else)
- water tank shaped like a tower at a train station
- 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)
- turret (round, armored turret protecting a gun on a warship, tank or armored car)
- outwork; watchtower (minor, subsidiary fortification built beyond the main limits of fortification; tower used for guarding)
- dam (structure for holding back water)
- cover (movable gazebo-shaped roof formed by shields above the heads of attacking soldiers to protect them)
- defense (any kind of thing used for defense)
- lighthouse
- gazebo
- tent (kind of temporary shelter or a part of it)
- brothel
- tower (woman's hairstyle resembling a tower)
- 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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