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
Examples of fort in a Sentence
They captured the fort after a long battle.
a series of forts along the frontier
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What had started as little more than a fort, and then a fur-trade outpost, chartered in 1837 with a population of a few thousand, Durica explained, had become the fifth-largest city in the world by 1900.
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Starting on September 17, the grinding siege of the fort lasted until early November—far longer than anyone expected.
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Matthew Carey, Deadline, 18 May 2025
What had started as little more than a fort, and then a fur-trade outpost, chartered in 1837 with a population of a few thousand, Durica explained, had become the fifth-largest city in the world by 1900.
—Andrew Moore, New York Times, 15 May 2025
Starting on September 17, the grinding siege of the fort lasted until early November—far longer than anyone expected.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 May 2025
While on the fort, check out the Casement Museum, which holds a bevy of military history, including a placard explaining that Jefferson Davis was once held as a prisoner there after his capture.
—Tykesha Spivey Burton, Southern Living, 4 May 2025
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“Fort.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fort. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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fort
noun
ˈfō(ə)rt 
ˈfȯ(ə)rt
1
: a strong or fortified place
2
: a permanent army post
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