Fort
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Fort![]() ![]() Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 Fort \Fort\, n. [F., from fort strong, L. fortis; perh. akin to Skr. darh to fix, make firm, and to E. firm Cf. Forte, Force, Fortalice, Comfort, Effort.] (Mil.) A strong or fortified place; usually, a small fortified place, occupied only by troops, surrounded with a ditch, rampart, and parapet, or with palisades, stockades, or other means of defense; a fortification. [1913 Webster] Detached works, depending solely on their own strength, belong to the class of works termed forts. --Farrow. [1913 Webster] Source: WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
fort
n 1: a fortified military post where troops are stationed [syn:
garrison, fort]
2: a fortified defensive structure [syn: fortress, fort]
v 1: gather in, or as if in, a fort, as for protection or
defense [syn: fort, fort up]
2: enclose by or as if by a fortification [syn: fortify,
fort]
3: station (troops) in a fort
Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 32 Moby Thesaurus words for "fort": acropolis, bastion, beachhead, blockhouse, bridgehead, bunker, castle, citadel, donjon, fasthold, fastness, fortress, garrison, garrison house, hold, keep, martello, martello tower, mote, motte, peel, peel tower, pillbox, post, rath, redoubt, safehold, strong point, stronghold, tower, tower of strength, ward Matching Word(s) Ort For- Forte Forth Forty Bort Mort port Sort Tort Wort Font Foot Fora Ford Fore Fork -form forte forth forty oort sort tort wort fart font foot ford fore fork form for ort fot fora PORT TORT FOOT FORM
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