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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In many rural areas, the republican army stayed in their forts and allowed the police to be overrun.
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Matthieu Aikins Victor J. Blue Peter Ganim Krish Seenivasan Steven Szczesniak, New York Times, 22 May 2024
For older children, the ladder and slide can be adjusted to make the slide steeper or to create more space to build a fort.
—Heather Balogh Rochfort, Parents, 18 May 2024
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Matthieu Aikins Victor J. Blue Peter Ganim Krish Seenivasan Steven Szczesniak, New York Times, 22 May 2024
For older children, the ladder and slide can be adjusted to make the slide steeper or to create more space to build a fort.
—Heather Balogh Rochfort, Parents, 18 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for fort
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“Fort.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fort. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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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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