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fort
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Related topics:
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,
Buildings
fort
fort
/
fɔːt
$
fɔːrt
/
●
くろまる
●
くろまる
○
しろまる
noun
[
countable
]
PM
TBB
a strong building or group of
buildings
used by
soldiers
or an
army
for
defending
an important place
→
hold the fort
Examples from the Corpus
fort
•
At their reasonably
cozy
fort
, a
bell
signaled
daily
worship
.
•
soldiers from
Fort
Bragg
•
The
Civil
War began when
Southern
troops
fired on
Fort
Sumter.
•
McManus
Galleries
have
extensive
local
history
displays
, including
valuable
material
from
Roman
fort
at Carpow.
•
The Roman
bridge
connects
the Roman
fort
at Inveresk to the
harbour
.
•
Delight
in the remarkably
sophisticated
ways of the Roman
Centurion
and
Civilian
who lived in Malton's
fort
and vicus.
•
The small
band
eventually finds the
fort
under
siege
.
•
Just the three of you going to be holding the
fort
tonight
.
•
One
team
responsible
for
defence
, the other had the hard
task
of
storming
the
fort
.
•
The first
scenario
was the
fort
.
Origin
fort
(
1400-1500
)
French
Latin
fortis
"
strong
"
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