[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

hold \hold\ h=old, n.
   1. the act of holding, as in or with the hands or arms; the
      manner of holding, whether firm or loose; seizure; grasp;
      clasp; grip; possession; -- often used with the verbs take
      and lay.
      1913 webster

            ne have i not twelve pence within mine hold.
                                                  --chaucer.
      1913 webster

            thou should'st lay hold upon him.     --b. jonson.
      1913 webster

            my soul took hold on thee.            --addison.
      1913 webster

            take fast hold of instruction.        --pror. iv.
                                                  13.
      1913 webster

   2. the authority or ground to take or keep; claim.
      1913 webster

            the law hath yet another hold on you. --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. binding power and influence.
      1913 webster

            fear . . . by which god and his laws take the surest
            hold of.                              --tillotson.
      1913 webster

   4. something that may be grasped; means of support.
      1913 webster

            if a man be upon an high place without rails or good
            hold, he is ready to fall.            --bacon.
      1913 webster

   5. a place of confinement; a prison; confinement; custody;
      guard.
      1913 webster

            they . . . put them in hold unto the next day.
                                                  --acts. iv. 3.
      1913 webster

            king richard, he is in the mighty hold
            of bolingbroke.                       --shak.
      1913 webster

   6. a place of security; a fortified place; a fort; a castle;
      -- often called a stronghold. --chaucer.
      1913 webster

            new comers in an ancient hold         --tennyson.
      1913 webster

   7. mus. a character thus ? placed over or under a note or
      rest, and indicating that it is to be prolonged; -- called
      also pause, and corona.
      1913 webster
see also:
stronghold pause corona 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

stronghold \strong"hold`\, n.
   a fastness; a fort or fortress; fortfield place; a place of
   security.
   1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

stronghold
     n : a strongly fortified defensive structure syn: fastness
see also:
fastness 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

49 moby thesaurus words for "stronghold":
   acropolis, asylum, bastion, beachhead, bird sanctuary, blockhouse,
   bridgehead, bulwark, bunker, castle, citadel, donjon, fasthold,
   fastness, forest preserve, fort, fortification, fortress,
   game preserve, game sanctuary, garrison, garrison house, harbor,
   harbor of refuge, harborage, haven, hold, keep, martello,
   martello tower, mote, motte, peel, peel tower, pillbox, port, post,
   preserve, rath, redoubt, refuge, safe haven, safehold, sanctuary,
   snug harbor, strong point, tower, tower of strength, ward

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