fort
IPA: fˈɔrt
noun
- A fortified defensive structure stationed with troops.
- Any permanent army post.
- (historical) An outlying trading-station, as in British North America.
- A structure improvised from furniture, bedding, etc., for playing games.
- A surname.
verb
- To create a fort, fortifications, a strong point, or a redoubt.
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Examples of "fort" in Sentences
- It is the forte of the army.
- The army vacated the fort in 1962.
- I think the army doesn't have any forte.
- Military doctrine for the employment of the forts.
- The army of the Negus began the siege of the fort.
- The castle was built in the 13th century as a fort.
- The outmoded fort was finally abandoned by the military.
- It features a large military fort, now housing various army services.
- Fort Defiance was constructed on the site of the former Fort Morris in 1814.
- An army of a thousand strong soldiers was defending the fort against the enemy.