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
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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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Homes and buildings will thus resemble small forts more than ever before in California.
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Thomas Elias, The Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2025
This patch—corresponding to modern-day Bertie County, less than 100 miles inland from Roanoke Island—was found to conceal a red-and-blue symbol resembling a fort.
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
In the background, club president Lupe Murillo—one of the references for women looking to break into soccer management—has held the fort for over a decade.
—Henry Flynn, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
And so that comes with a lot of trauma, a lot of misunderstanding, a lot of unresolved feelings that men have to carry and still be able to hold the fort down.
—J.m. Banks, Kansas City Star, 28 Jan. 2025
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Thomas Elias, The Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2025
This patch—corresponding to modern-day Bertie County, less than 100 miles inland from Roanoke Island—was found to conceal a red-and-blue symbol resembling a fort.
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
In the background, club president Lupe Murillo—one of the references for women looking to break into soccer management—has held the fort for over a decade.
—Henry Flynn, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
And so that comes with a lot of trauma, a lot of misunderstanding, a lot of unresolved feelings that men have to carry and still be able to hold the fort down.
—J.m. Banks, Kansas City Star, 28 Jan. 2025
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“Fort.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fort. Accessed 18 Feb. 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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