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fɔrt, foʊrtfort

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English Synonyms and Antonyms2.0 / 1 vote

  1. fort

    Fortification is the general word for any artificial defensive work; a fortress is a fortification of especial size and strength; a fortress is regarded as permanent, and is ordinarily an independent work; a fort or fortification may be temporary; a fortification may be but part of a defensive system; we speak of the fortifications of a city. A citadel is a fortification within a city, or the fortified inner part of a city or fortress, within which a garrison may be placed to overawe the citizens, or to which the defenders may retire if the outer works are captured; the medieval castle was the fortified residence of a king or baron. Fort is the common military term for a detached fortified building or enclosure of moderate size occupied or designed to be occupied by troops. The fortifications of a modern city usually consist of a chain of forts. Any defensible place, whether made so by nature or by art, is a fastness or stronghold.

    Synonyms:
    castle, citadel, fastness, fortification, fortress, stronghold

Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 1 vote

  1. garrison, fortnoun

    a fortified military post where troops are stationed

    Synonyms:
    fortress, garrison

  2. fortress, fortverb

    a fortified defensive structure

    Synonyms:
    fortress, garrison

  3. fort, fort upverb

    gather in, or as if in, a fort, as for protection or defense

    Synonyms:
    fort up, fortify

  4. fortify, fortverb

    enclose by or as if by a fortification

    Synonyms:
    fort up, fortify, gird, build up, spike, arm, beef up, lace, strengthen

  5. fortverb

    station (troops) in a fort

    Synonyms:
    fort up, fortify

Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. oater

    a western movie or television show.

    "oater setting"

    Submitted by rinat on June 9, 2017  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. fortnoun

    Synonyms:
    fortification, fortress, stronghold, bulwark, castle, citadel, fastness, fortified place

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words3.0 / 3 votes

  1. fortnoun

    Synonyms:
    fortress, fortification, citadel, fastness, stronghold, bulwark, redoubt

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "fort":

    strong, loud, hard, fortress, very, high, highly, forte, quite, wurth, powerful

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How to use fort in a sentence?

  1. Geoffrey Corn:

    Fort Bragg in North Carolina is one of the most combat-oriented bases in the country, so there will be a lot of combat veterans who will be very intensely interested in a case like this.

  2. Matt Knight:

    It is too early to speculate on costs or repair timelines, we have the right resources in place to conduct the necessary inspections, determine the extent of the damage and required repairs, and return Fort Worth back to operational status.

  3. Army Cpt .:

    Before patient arrival, test participants with the 44th Medical Brigade studied patient information on the Medical Hands-free Unified Broadcast device. ( Ashley Force, U.S. Army) Testing of the device has been taking place at the U.S. Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory( USAARL) in Fort Rucker, Ala. The test, which examined how field hospital staff used the device, involved mass casualty simulations with mannequinsmocked up to look like combat victims with gunshot wounds, burns and amputations. The so-called golden hour for battlefield medical treatment is a cornerstone of U.S. military medicine. The term refers to the all-important 60 minutes following a battlefield wound and the critical importance of swift, effective medical care. MARINES 3D-PRINT CONCRETE BARRACKS IN JUST 40 HOURS Anything that helps speed up treatment could prove key to saving lives. For some patients, the Golden Hour is ultimately too long, these patients need to be treated within minutes.

  4. John Galligan:

    If Major Hasan dies while the mandatory appellate process is pending, the findings and sentence will be set aside, millions of dollars were wasted on this show trial but as I said repeatedly, he did not receive a fair trial at Fort Hood.

  5. Jorge Muniz Reyes:

    Were seeing it happen in Fort Greene. Were seeing it happen in northern Manhattan. We want answers.


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