Meaning of FORT
| Pronunciation: | | fowrt
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- [n] a fortified defensive structure
- [n] a fortified military post where troops are stationed
- [v] station in a fort, as of troops
- [v] enclose by or as if by a fortification
- [v] gather in, or as if in, a fort, as for protection or defense
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| | Synonyms: | | fort up, fortify, fortress, garrison |
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| | See Also: | | alcazar, Alhambra, base, battlement, collect, congregate, crenelation, crenellation, defence, defense, defensive structure, enclose, gather, inclose, martello tower, military post, place, post, post, send, shut in, station, Tower of London, trench | |
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| | Definition: | | Fort
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
Detached works, depending solely on their own strength,
belong to the class of works termed forts. --Farrow.
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| Dream Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Dreaming that you are defending a fort indicates that you are always having to be on guard and constantly defending yourself.
Dreaming that you attack and take a fort means victory over your other. |
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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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