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Noun: fort  fort
  1. (military) a fortified military post where troops are stationed
    - garrison
     
  2. A fortified defensive structure
    "an impenetrable fort";
    - fortress
Verb: fort  fort
  1. Gather in, or as if in, a fort, as for protection or defence
    - fort up
     
  2. Enclose by or as if by a fortification
    - fortify
     
  3. Station (troops) in a fort

Sounds like: formally, formefort, fo

Derived forms: forting, forted, forts

Type of: assemble, close in, defence [Brit, Cdn], defense [US], defensive structure, enclose, foregather, forgather, gather, inclose, meet, military post, place, post, send, shut in, station

Encyclopedia: Fort, Richard