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- A fortress is a large building or complex of buildings used as a military stronghold. From its original sense of stronghold, the word fortress has stretched to include strongholds in a more figurative sense.
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Definitions &Translations Garrison is the collective term for a body of troops stationed in a particular location, originally to guard it, but now often simply using it as a home base. The garrison is usually in a city, town, fort, castle or similar. Garrison town is a common expression for any town that has a military base nearby.
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Turret Turret (highlighted) attached to a tower on a baronial building in Scotland. In architecture, a turret (from Italian: torretta, little tower; Latin: turris, tower) is a small tower that projects vertically from the wall of a building such as a medieval castle. Turrets were used to provide a projecting defensive position allowing covering fire to the adjacent wall in the days of military fortification.
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garrison n. 1  the troops who maintain and guard a base or fortified place. 2  the place itself. ( 3 as modifier): a garrison town.
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- Full Definition of FORTIFY. transitive verb. : to make strong: as a: to strengthen and secure (as a town) by forts or batteries. intransitive verb.: to erect fortifications. — for·ti·fi·er \-ˌfī(-ə)r\ noun. See fortify defined for English-language learners. See fortify defined for kids. ADVERTISEMENT.ull Definition of FORTIFY. transitive verb. : to make strong: as a: to strengthen and secure (as a town) by forts or batteries. intransitive verb.
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Definitions &Translations Webster Dictionary(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition: Fort(noun) 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.
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wall Definition of wall. 1  1a : a high thick masonry structure forming a long rampart or an enclosure chiefly for defense —often used in pluralb : a masonry fence around a garden, park, or estatec : a structure that serves to hold back pressure (as of water or sliding earth)
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bastille (initial capital letter) a fortress in Paris, used as a prison, built in the 14th century and destroyed July 14, 1789. 2. any prison or jail, especially one conducted in a tyrannical way. 3. a fortified tower, as of a castle; a small fortress; citadel.
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curtain wall An outer or enclosing wall, especially one connecting two towers or turrets, as in a medieval fortification. 2. A nonbearing wall, often of glass and steel, fixed to the outside of a building and serving especially as cladding.
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fortification fortification. 1  the act of fortifying or strengthening. 2  something that fortifies or protects. 3  the art or science of constructing defensive military works. 4  Often, fortifications. military works constructed for the purpose of strengthening a position; a fort: Supposedly impregnable, the fortifications were quickly overrun.
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BULWARK bailey - the outer defensive wall that surrounds the outer courtyard of a castle. bulwark, rampart, wall - an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes; they stormed the ramparts of the city; they blew the trumpet and the walls came tumbling down.
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- the parapet of an old castle in switzerland noun the definition of a parapet is a wall or wall like structure often used to protect troops in a battle an example of a parapet is a low wall surrounding the balcony of a home a wall or bank used to screen troops from frontal enemy fire sometimes placed along the top of a rampart a low wall or railing as along a balcony
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garrison The definition of a garrison is a military fort or a body of troops stationed at a military fort. An example of garrison is a group of army units. Garrison is defined as to provide or occupy with troops. An example of garrison is to send army troops to an area in need. garrison.
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Fortress of Solitude The Fortress of Solitude is Superman's occasional headquarters. Its predecessor, Superman's  Secret Citadel , first appeared in Superman #17, where it was said to be built into a mountain on the outskirts of Metropolis. detailed description of the Fortress and its contents forms the background to DC Special Series #26 (1981); Superman and his Incredible Fortress of Solitude, in which Superman minutely inspects the Fortress, suspecting an enemy has planted an Earth-destroying bomb within it.
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Parts of a Castle Inner Ward: The central fortification in a castle, usually a tower or building strongly fortified in the inner ward that provides the defenders with a final defensive position, as well as providing living quarters. The keep often is also the tallest fortification in a castle, with a commanding view of all the fighting positions. Keep
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- Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: fortress, fort(noun) a fortified defensive structure. fortress(Noun) A fortified place; a large and permanent fortification, sometimes including a town; a fort; a castle; a stronghold; a place of defense or security.
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- fortress. n. 1. (Fortifications) a large fort or fortified town. 2. a place or source of refuge or support.ortress. n. 1. (Fortifications) a large fort or fortified town. 2. a place or source of refuge or support.
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barrage Also found in: Thesaurus, Legal, Idioms, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia. Related to barrage: Creeping barrage, barrage balloon. (bär′ĭj) n. An artificial obstruction, such as a dam or irrigation channel, built in a watercourse to increase its depth or to divert its flow.
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- Wiktionary (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition: fortress (Noun). A fortified place; a large and permanent fortification, sometimes including a town; a fort; a castle; a stronghold; a place of defense or security.fortress (Verb).ortress is a 1992 science fiction film directed by Stuart Gordon and shot at Warner Brothers Movie World in Queensland, Australia. The story takes place in a dystopian future.
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- Citadel means a fortress built to protect the people from possible threat of attack by outsiders or the opponents. Citadel means a fortress built to protect the people from possible threat of attack by outsiders or the opponents. The Greeks built citadels to protect the town from rebellions. #fortress #fort #acropolis #barricade #castle
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barrack 2 noun, Usually, barracks. 1. a building or group of buildings for lodging soldiers, especially in garrison. 2. any large, plain building in which many people are lodged. verb (used with or without object) 3. to lodge in barracks.
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fortification a strengthening or improvement, as by addition of or intensification with another ingredient: the fortification of milk with vitamin D; the fortification of wine with alcohol.
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Bunker This article is about the military fortification. For other uses, see Bunker (disambiguation). A bunker is a defensive military fortification designed to protect people or valued materials from falling bombs or other attacks. Bunkers are mostly underground, compared to blockhouses which are mostly above ground.
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barrage barrage. 1  Military. a heavy barrier of artillery fire to protect one's own advancing or retreating troops or to stop the advance of enemy troops. 2  an overwhelming quantity or explosion, as of words, blows, or criticisms: a barrage of questions.
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Nether Fortress A Nether Fortress is a naturally-generated structure found in The Nether. Nether fortresses were first introduced in the 1.9 Pre-Release and 0.12.0 for the Pocket Edition. They include bridge structures constructed of Nether Brick, Nether Brick Fences, and Nether Brick Stairs. They are the only place that Nether Wart can be naturally found. They also often contain many Blaze Spawners.
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Moat A moat is a deep, broad ditch, either dry or filled with water, that is dug and surrounds a castle, fortification, building or town, historically to provide it with a preliminary line of defence. In some places moats evolved into more extensive water defences, including natural or artificial lakes, dams and sluices. In older fortifications, such as hillforts, they are usually referred to simply as ditches, although the function is similar. In later periods, moats or water defences may be largely ornamental.