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noun
- 1. a military stronghold, especially a strongly fortified town.
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A fortress is a fortified place, especially a large and permanent one with a town. Learn more about the word history, synonyms, examples, and usage of fortress from Merriam-Webster dictionary.
A fortress is a large, strong building or group of buildings that can be defended from attack. Learn more about the word, its synonyms, related words, and usage examples from literature and the Cambridge English Corpus.
A fortress is a large fortified place or a place of exceptional security. Learn the origin, usage and synonyms of the word fortress, and see how it is used in sentences and phrases.
A fortress is a large strong building or place that is hard to attack. Learn more about the word origin, pronunciation, grammar, and usage of fortress with Collins English Dictionary.
A fortress is a large building or complex of buildings used as a military stronghold. In a military sense, a fortress is often called a “fort." From its original sense of stronghold, the word fortress has stretched to include strongholds in a more figurative sense.
A fortress is a large, permanent military stronghold that often includes a town. The Free Dictionary provides various definitions, synonyms, translations and usage examples of the word fortress from different sources.
fortress. noun. /ˈfɔːtrəs/. /ˈfɔːrtrəs/. a building or place that has been made stronger and protected against attack. a fortress town enclosed by four miles of ramparts. Fear of terrorist attack has turned the conference centre into a fortress. Extra Examples.
