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Synonyms for fort
fɔrt, foʊrtfort
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
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 WordNet
garrison, fortnoun
a fortified military post where troops are stationed
fortress, fortverb
a fortified defensive structure
fort, fort upverb
gather in, or as if in, a fort, as for protection or defense
fortify, fortverb
enclose by or as if by a fortification
Synonyms:
fort up, fortify, gird, build up, spike, arm, beef up, lace, strengthenfortverb
station (troops) in a fort
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oater
a western movie or television show.
"oater setting"
Submitted by rinat on June 9, 2017
Dictionary of English Synonymes
fortnoun
Synonyms:
fortification, fortress, stronghold, bulwark, castle, citadel, fastness, fortified place
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
fortnoun
Synonyms:
fortress, fortification, citadel, fastness, stronghold, bulwark, redoubt
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#3230 | arm | |
#3905 | castle | |
#6888 | loud | |
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#10285 | spike | |
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#18726 | forte | |
#20382 | citadel | |
#28616 | stronghold | |
#50635 | fortification | |
#57522 | fortify | |
#102581 | gird | |
#104806 | fastness | |
#170364 | wurth |
How to use fort in a sentence?
I think people enjoy visiting St. Augustine because it is quintessentially quaint, it’s European with tight buildings and narrow streets; it sits in a harbor with a coquina fort that looks past the barrier islands toward the open ocean.
We’ve had a tremendous working relationship with the fort, we’ve hosted all sorts of events for military families. We really try to show our love and respect and we try to honor our military folks.
They can reconnect to their community in a capacity where it feels like they’re contributing, and that’s huge, when you give someone food and get to watch their eyes light up and you grew that. It’s a similar feeling to, ‘ you honored our country, thank you for your service. ’ Rich Murphy, at left, with a range of past and current participants in the Veterans to Farmers program at Rich Murphy home in Fort Collins, Colorado. ( Christopher Carbone/Fox News) Muranyi recently started working at Hazel Dell Mushrooms Farm in Fort Collins. Marine Corps veteran Dominic Muranyi helps out at the farmer’s market and spends three days per week assisting with growing and harvesting shitake, lion’s mane and other mushrooms.
The Fort McMurray situation has everyone thinking, that's for sure.
We’ve been trying to find these really cool, iconic locations, places that do n’t get to normally experience Major League Baseball, we had one in Omaha, and Fort Bragg, and now our first game in Iowa. This one has a special sort of feeling to it because the movie itself was such a widely appealing movie. Even non-baseball fans watch that movie and love that movie because of that message and storytelling in the movie.
Translations for fort
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- حصن, قلعةArabic
- фортBelarusian
- фортBulgarian
- fortCatalan, Valencian
- pevnostCzech
- amddiffynfa, caerWelsh
- fortDanish
- Stützpunkt, Fort, FestungGerman
- fortikaĵoEsperanto
- fuerte, fortalezaSpanish
- دژPersian
- linnake, linnoitus, tukikohtaFinnish
- fortFrench
- daingean, dúnIrish
- daingneachScottish Gaelic
- forteGalician
- किलाHindi
- erődHungarian
- bentengIndonesian
- virki, vígiIcelandic
- fortino, ridotta, forte, fortezza, bicocca, piazzaforte, fortilizioItalian
- 要塞Japanese
- បន្ទាយKhmer
- 요새Korean
- imperiumLatin
- fortsLatvian
- fortPolish
- fortePortuguese
- FortRomanian
- фортRussian
- pevnosťSlovak
- fortSwedish
- కోటTelugu
- korugan, kaleTurkish
- фортUkrainian
- pháo đàiVietnamese
- 堡Chinese
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