fort

Significado (English)

Noun

1. A fortified defensive structure stationed with troops.
2. Any permanent army post.
3. An outlying trading-station, as in British North America.
4. A structure improvised from furniture, bedding, etc., for playing games.

Verb

To create a fort, fortifications, a strong point, or a redoubt.

Conceptos

fuerte

fortaleza

castillo

🏰

alcázar

fortificación

fortificar

empalizada de guerra

altar de ofrendas

centros ceremoniales

lugar de fortaleza

lugares sagrados

recinto fortificado

cáscara de limón rayada

corteza

guarnición

torre

Synonyms

fortress

stronghold

fortification

castle

🏰

stockade

citadel

fastness

palisade

garrison

fortify

walled city

rampart

fortified place

fort up

battery

🔋

fence

hedge

hold

inset

instal

install

installation

invest

lay

locate

marshal

munition

paling

place

place of refuge

plant

🌱

position

presidio

put

put up

rank

redoubt

seat

💺

seed

set up

shell

🐚

site

situate

skin

station

🚉

tower

town

🏙️

wall

banquette

block-house

barbette

barrier

base

bastion

blockhouse

bulwark

castling

deploy

dispose

embattle

embed

emplace

first base

fund

grubstake

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/fɔɹt/

Etimología (English)

Inherited from inglés medio: fort

In summary

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