Fortress
['fɔːtrɪs] or ['fɔrtrəs]
Definition
(n.) A fortified place; a large and permanent fortification, sometimes including a town; a fort; a castle; a stronghold; a place of defense or security.
(v. t.) To furnish with a fortress or with fortresses; to guard; to fortify.
Checker: Mario
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Fortification, fort, stronghold, castle, citadel, fortified place (of great magnitude).
Typist: Lucinda
Definition
n. a fortified place: a defence.—v.t. (Shak.) to guard.
Edited by Leah
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream that you are confined in a fortress, denotes that enemies will succeed in placing you in an undesirable situation. To put others in a fortress, denotes your ability to rule in business or over women.
Edited by Clare
Examples
- This he made into a great naval fortress. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I inquired the name of the garrison of the fortress of Malabat, and they said it was Mehemet Ali Ben Sancom. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The piece of ordnance referred to, was mounted in a separate fortress, constructed of lattice-work. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Longwy had fallen, the great fortress of Verdun followed, and nothing seemed likely to stop the march of the allies upon the capital. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I went back, full of encouragement, and reported to the guide, and asked him to discharge this dismantled fortress. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- You were a cannonier that day there, and you were among the first to enter the accursed fortress when it fell. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Yes, I said, but that was a special case because it was a fortress rather than a mountain, anyway. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The Colosseum at Rome, for example, the arena of many great gladiatorial shows, was converted into a fortress, and so was the amphitheatre at Arles. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They sailed from Fortress Monroe on that day. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- It does this by scooping out shovelfuls of dirt, first with one of its hind feet and then with the other, and heaping it up like the wall of a fortress around the pit. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The small garrisons were drawn from the various towns and fortresses, and went to swell the main army. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Smooth-bore cannon and mortars of cast-iron and bronze are still retained in some fortresses, though rifled cannon are the only type now made. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- They built sturdy fortresses of the Myc?nean type of architecture; they had a metal industry; they used imported Greek pottery of a very fine type. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- His houses were all built in the form of castles, and seem to have been the principal fortresses which he possessed. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
Typist: Willie