fort
Noun
-
referred to in: armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nationis a type of: military post, post - military installation at which a body of troops is stationedspecific instances: fort george g. meade, fort george gordon meade, fort meade - a United States Army base in Maryland; headquarters of the National Security Agencysame as: garrison
-
subtypes:
- alcazar - any of various Spanish fortresses or palaces built by the Moors
- martello tower - a circular masonry fort for coastal defence
- presidio - a fortress established in the southwestern United States by the Spanish in order to protect their missions and other holdings
- sconce - a small fort or earthwork defending a ford, pass, or castle gate
specific instances:- alhambra - a fortified Moorish palace built near Granada by Muslim kings in the Middle Ages
- bastille - a fortress built in Paris in the 14th century and used as a prison in the 17th and 18th centuries; it was destroyed July 14, 1789 at the start of the French Revolution
- tower of london - a fortress in London on the Thames; used as a palace and a state prison and now as a museum containing the crown jewels
- machu picchu - Inca fortress city in the Andes in Peru discovered in 1911; it may have been built in the 15th century
has: battlement, crenelation, crenellation - a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or gunssame as: fortress
Verb
Found on Word Lists
Other Searches
- Rhyme: Dillfrog, RhymeZone
- Definition: Wiktionary, Dictionary.com, Wikipedia, Merriam-Webster, WordNet, Power Thesaurus
- Imagery: Google, Flickr, Bing