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fort

30 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. fort (noun)
  2. Fort Ancient (adjective)
  3. fort royal (noun)
  4. Fort Collins (geographical name)
  5. Fort-de-France (geographical name)
  6. Fort Dodge (geographical name)
  7. Fort Erie (geographical name)
  8. Fort Frederica National Monument (geographical name)
  9. Fort George (geographical name)
  10. Fort Knox (geographical name)
  11. Fort-Lamy (geographical name)
  12. Fort Lauderdale (geographical name)
  13. Fort Lee (geographical name)
  14. Fort Matanzas National Monument (geographical name)
  15. Fort McHenry National Monument (geographical name)
  16. Fort Myers (geographical name)
  17. Fort Nelson (geographical name)
  18. Fort Peck Lake (geographical name)
  19. Fort Pierce (geographical name)
  20. Fort Pulaski National Monument (geographical name)
  21. Fort Smith (geographical name)
  22. Fort Stanwix National Monument (geographical name)
  23. Fort Sumter National Monument (geographical name)
  24. Fort Union National Monument (geographical name)
  25. Fort Wayne (geographical name)
  26. Fort William (geographical name)
  27. Fort Worth (geographical name)
  28. vitrified fort (noun)
  29. hold (verb)
  30. N'Djamena (geographical name)

fort

noun \ˈfȯrt\

Definition of FORT

1
: a strong or fortified place; especially : a fortified place occupied only by troops and surrounded with such works as a ditch, rampart, and parapet : fortification
2
: a permanent army post —often used in place names
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Examples of FORT

  1. They captured the fort after a long battle.
  2. <a series of forts along the frontier>

Origin of FORT

Middle English forte, from Anglo-French fort, from fort, adjective, strong, from Latin fortis
First Known Use: 15th century

Related to FORT

Other Military Terms

bivouac, logistics, petard, salient, sally, supernumerary, tactical

Rhymes with FORT

bort, court, forte, mort, ort, port, Porte, quart, short, skort, snort, sort, sport, swart, thwart, tort, torte, wart, wort

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