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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a fortified military post where troops are stationed;
[syn: garrison, fort]

2. a fortified defensive structure;
[syn: fortress, fort]


VERB (3)

1. gather in, or as if in, a fort, as for protection or defense;
[syn: fort, fort up]

2. enclose by or as if by a fortification;
[syn: fortify, fort]

3. station (troops) in a fort;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Fort \Fort\, n. [F., from fort strong, L. fortis; perh. akin to Skr. darh to fix, make firm, and to E. firm Cf. Forte, Force, Fortalice, Comfort, Effort.] (Mil.) A strong or fortified place; usually, a small fortified place, occupied only by troops, surrounded with a ditch, rampart, and parapet, or with palisades, stockades, or other means of defense; a fortification. [1913 Webster] Detached works, depending solely on their own strength, belong to the class of works termed forts. --Farrow. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

fort n 1: a fortified military post where troops are stationed [syn: garrison, fort] 2: a fortified defensive structure [syn: fortress, fort] v 1: gather in, or as if in, a fort, as for protection or defense [syn: fort, fort up] 2: enclose by or as if by a fortification [syn: fortify, fort] 3: station (troops) in a fort
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

32 Moby Thesaurus words for "fort": acropolis, bastion, beachhead, blockhouse, bridgehead, bunker, castle, citadel, donjon, fasthold, fastness, fortress, garrison, garrison house, hold, keep, martello, martello tower, mote, motte, peel, peel tower, pillbox, post, rath, redoubt, safehold, strong point, stronghold, tower, tower of strength, ward