Meaning

4 senses
  1. A fortified defensive structure stationed with troops.

    Festung, Fort

    фортfort

    фортfort

    a fortified defensive structure

  2. Any permanent army post.

    Stützpunkt

  3. (historical)An outlying trading-station, as in British North America.

  4. A structure improvised from furniture, bedding, etc., for playing games.

    The kids built a fort out of chairs and pillows.

Examples

4 sentences
  1. Sofa forts are fun.

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  2. He built forty-eight forts.

    ruОн построил сорок восемь фортов.

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  3. There are many forts in Castile.

    deIn Kastilien gibt es viele Kastelle.

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  4. There are a lot of forts in Castile.

    deIn Kastilien gibt es viele Kastelle.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
fortified defensive structure stationed with troops:
Русский
By meaning 1
fortified defensive structure stationed with troops:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
fortified defensive structure stationed with troops:
any permanent army post:

Origin

From Middle English fort, from Middle French fort (“strong”) (adjective use is from Old Fr

From Middle English fort, from Middle French fort (“strong”) (adjective use is from Old French). Doublet of fortis and forte.

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