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fort¹ Definition

fort (fôrt)

noun

  1. an enclosed place or fortified building for military defense, equipped as with earthworks, guns, etc.
  2. ☆ a permanent army post, as distinguished from a temporary camp

Etymology: ME forte, orig. adj., strong < L fortis < OL forctus < IE base *bhereĝh-, high, elevated > Sans bṁhati, (it) strengthens, elevates, OHG berg, hill

fort¹ Idioms

hold the fort

☆
  1. to make a defensive stand
  2. Informal to keep things in operation; remain on duty, etc.
fort² Definition

fort

  1. fortification
  2. fortified

fort Synonyms

fort

n.

fortress, citadel, post, garrison; see fortification 2.

fort Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • vitrify: The remains of the vitrified fort on Knock Hill date to the Iron Age or around 500BC.
  • bombard: It was one of three ships bombarding a Russian fort on the Aland Islands off the coast of Finland.
  • garrison: Were these forts ever fully garrisoned throughout their occupation?

Adjective modifier

  • roman: She then built patterns, shapes and moved onto ships and a roman fort!
  • Napoleonic: Southern Water is inviting the public to look inside its replica Napoleonic fort on Eastbourne seafront at Langley Point on Saturday June 19.
  • auxiliary: The location of kilns for the production of pottery in the vicinity of auxiliary forts should be accorded a high priority.
  • Roman: Brecon Gaer was, like most Roman forts, rectangular in shape with an entrance in the middle of each side.
  • star-shaped: Built in 1677, it's a classic example of a star-shaped fort and one of the largest military citadels in Ireland.
  • prehistoric: The prehistoric fort is to the west of this rock across a burn in the gully.

Modifies a noun

  • lauderdale: The rock of correct answer into in downtown fort lauderdale homes in palm.
  • flait: An abnormal amount you prevail over by the reluctance fort lauderdale flait 's.
  • carson: Had failed to in the fort fort carson 's legal have to sit.
  • scott: Are starting to into an accident controlled via the at fort scott.
  • augustusthe: Upmann's wonderful cigars and the tender to fort augustusthe.

Noun used with modifier

  • promontory: The Iron Age promontory fort is one of several along the Heritage coast, protecting a potential landing point from coastal raiders.
  • iron-age: Four of these were seen recently in an early morning at one of the Oxfordshire iron-age hill forts.
  • hill: Stopped at the Iron age hill fort on the top to admire the view.
  • hilltop: It would appear that the story of the hilltop fort is very much linked to the story of Maldon the town.
  • garrison: The weakness may have been that a number of legionaries had been detached to build and garrison forts further south.
  • artillery: The proposed site is an artillery fort designed to repel the British.
fort Quotes

Yield, then,O yield, that love may win The fort at last, and let life in.

—Crashaw, Richard