noun
- fortified places or secure refuges that are well defended
- places where particular groups, ideas, or activities are concentrated and dominant
Usage: figurative
Examples
- The medieval castle served as one of the kingdom’s most important strongholds.
- Enemy forces attacked the mountain strongholds at dawn.
- The university remains a stronghold of liberal thinking.
- Rural areas are traditional strongholds for the conservative party.
- These neighborhoods have become strongholds of immigrant communities.
- The company’s strongholds in the market are beginning to weaken.
- Rebel forces retreated to their strongholds in the hills.