Fort

Definition: Fort

Fort

Noun

1. A fortified military post where troops are stationed.

2. A fortified defensive structure.

Verb

1. Gather in, or as if in, a fort, as for protection or defense.

2. Enclose by or as if by a fortification.

3. Station in a fort, as of troops.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "fort" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Etymology: Fort \Fort\, noun. [French expression, from fort strong, from Latin expression fortis; perhaps akin to Sanskrit darh to fix, make firm, and to English firm compare to Forte, Force, Fortalice, Comfort, Effort.]. (references)

Dream Interpretation

Military

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Fort

Compulsion

Force; brute force, main force, physical force; the sword, ultima ratio; club law, lynch law, mob law, arguementum baculinum, le droit du plus fort, martial law.

Defense

Hold, stronghold, fastness; asylum; (refuge); keep, donjon, dungeon, fortress, citadel, capitol, castle; tower of strength, tower of strength; fort, barracoon, pah, sconce, martello tower, peelhouse, blockhouse, rath; wooden walls.

Illegality

Mob law, lynch law, club law, Lydford law, martial law, drumhead law; coup d'etat; le droit du plus fort; argumentum

Irreligion

Atheist, skeptic, unbeliever, deist, infidel, pyrrhonist; giaour, heathen, alien, gentile, Nazarene; espri fort, freethinker, rationalist; materialist, positivist, nihilist, agnostic, somatist, theophobist.

Redundancy

Superfluous, unnecessary, needless, supervacaneous, uncalled for, to spare, in excess; over and above; (remainder); de trop; (additional); supernumerary; (reserve); on one's hands, spare, duplicate, supererogatory, expletive; un peu fort.

Refuge

Wall; (inclosure); fort; (defense).

Sage

Authority, oracle, luminary, shining light, esprit fort, magnus Apollo, Solon, Solomon, Nestor, Magi, "second Daniel."

Strength

Blut und Eisen; coelitus mihi vires; du fort au diable; en habiles gens; ex vi termini; flecti non frangi; "he that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill"; "inflexible in faith invincible in arms".

Unity

Phrase: natura il fece, e poi roppe la stampa; du fort au faible; "two souls with but a single thought, two hearts that beat as one".

Crosswords: Fort

Albanian (aloud, deeply, greatly, hard, loud, strong, strongly, tight, tightly, too, very, very much, violently, well), Catalan (strong, vigorous), Dutch (Forth, fortification), French (able bodied, aloud, big, broad, driving, fierce, Fort, forte, generous, great, greatly, hard, heavy, hefty, heroic, highly, intense, large, loud, loudly, much, nappy, potent, quite, spanking, stiff, stout, strong, suit, very, very much, vigorous, youthful), German (away, begone, besides, Fort, fortification, furthermore, gone, in addition, moreover, off, on), Luxembourgish (away), Manx (ability, validity), Romanian (blockhouse, bottom, Fort, frontier, stronghold, work), Swedish (apace, fast, fort, fortress, hard, hastily, presidio, quick, quickly, rapidly, sharp, speedily).

I'm going to the fort. (Rambo III; writing credit: Sylvester Stallone)

I'm here to take you back to Fort Smith and hang you. (True Grit; writing credit: Charles Portis; Marguerite Roberts)

Sit tight, hold the fort and keep the home fires burning (Big Trouble in Little China; writing credit: Gary Goldman; David Z. Weinstein)

Because the busta kept me out of handcuffs, he didn't just run back to the fort, the buster brought me back (The Fast and the Furious; writing credit: Gary Scott Thompson)

It was our last weekend together, and we didn't feel like going to Fort Sumter and touring goddamn colonial homes (Shag; writing credit: Lanier Laney; Terry Sweeney)

Chante plus fort (Humana; performing artist: Fabian)

Bien plus fort qu'hier (I Will Love Again; performing artist: Lara Fabian)

Fort York (1972)

Gli Eroi di Fort Worth (1965)

Fort Courageous (1965)

La Strada per Fort Alamo (1964)

Return to Fort Laramie (1964)

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References

• Fort Gloster Industries Limited: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Fort James Corporation: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Fort Thomas Financial Corporation: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

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Books

• A Marmac Guide to Fort Worth and Arlington (reference)

• Indian Mounds of the Middle Ohio Valley: A Guide to Mounds and Earthworks of the Adena, Hopewell, Cole, and Fort Ancient People (reference)

• Blain Village and the Fort Ancient Tradition in Ohio (reference)

• Deluxe Flip Map, Fort Myers, Florida: Including Bayshore Manor, Cape Coral, Downtown Fort Myers ... Southwest Florida International Airport, Featuring (reference)

• Images of Sanibel, Captiva, Fort Myers : a new visual delight (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Fort Worth Texas (reference)

• Old Fort Log (reference)

• Bulletin Of The Fort Wayne Medical Society (reference)

• Fort Apache Scout (reference)

• Fort Campbell Courier (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Massacre at Fort Holman (reference)

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Music

• Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind (reference)

• Fort Yawuh (reference)

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High Tech

• Fort Knox Cross Cut Shredder (reference)

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CDC facility, Fort Collins, Colorado. Credit: CDC.

Wright Flyer Test Flights at Fort Myer, VA. Credit: NASA.

NOAA Ship FERREL at Fort Jefferson. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Northeastern view of Marblehead from Fort Sewall. In: Historical Collections ... of Every Town in Massachusetts. 1841. Credit: America's Coastlines.

An old settler's shack in the San Juan Islands - at Garrison Bay State Park. Site of the old British fort. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

The OCEAN STAR tied up at Fort Myers. Credit: Fisheries.

Fort Lamy, Chad. Credit: Geodesy - Measuring the Earth.

Clarks Point and Fort Taber Park, New Bedford. The wastewater treatment plant. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Fort Rodman at Clarks Point. This fort existed from the Civil War through the 1960s. A wastewater treatment plant, as part of the remedial activities to clean New Bedford Harbor, was placed at the site, after clean-up was completed, the facility was removed and a park was created. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Large southern stingray off of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Credit: The Coral Kingdom.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Business

Miami Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Lake Worth and Orlando are the major destinations. (references)

Economic History

Guinea-Bissau

Cacheu became one of the major slave centers, and a small fort still stands in the town. (references)

Panama

Other projects on the drawing board include a major tourist project at the former Fort Amador on the Pacific, an as yet undefined project at Fort Sherman on the Atlantic and a multi-use facility at Howard Air Base. (references)

Mauritius

Also, the government plans to develop a 300-megawatt thermal power plant at Fort William near the port by the year 2008-09. U.S. firm K&M Engineering and Consulting, which carried out a feasibility study on this project under funding from the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (TDA), submitted its final report to the government in May 2001. The government is expected to request bids for the construction of the plant on a Build Own and Operate (BOO) basis. (references)

Human Rights

Haiti

In early June, a gang residing in Grande Ravine began to threaten residents of Fort Mercredi. (references)

Haiti

Fort National prison in Port-au-Prince is the only prison facility expressly for women and juveniles. (references)

Haiti

The following week, President Aristide invited residents of both Fort Mercredi and Grande Ravine to the National Palace. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "fort": army fort ♦ cedar Fort ♦ du fort au diable ♦ esprit fort ♦ Fort Ann ♦ Fort Ashby ♦ Fort Atkinson ♦ Fort Belknap ♦ Fort Belvoir ♦ Fort Bend County ♦ Fort Benjamin Ha ♦ Fort Benning South ♦ Fort Benton ♦ Fort Bidwell ♦ Fort Blackmore ♦ Fort Bliss ♦ Fort Bragg ♦ Fort Branch ♦ Fort Bridger ♦ Fort Calhoun ♦ Fort Campbell ♦ Fort Campbell North ♦ Fort Carson ♦ Fort Chaffee ♦ Fort Clark ♦ Fort Cobb ♦ Fort Collins ♦ Fort Covington ♦ Fort Davis ♦ Fort Defiance ♦ Fort Deposit ♦ Fort Detrick ♦ Fort Devens ♦ Fort Dix ♦ Fort Dodge ♦ Fort Drum ♦ Fort Duchesne ♦ Fort Edward ♦ Fort Fairfield ♦ Fort Gaines ♦ Fort Garland ♦ Fort Gates ♦ Fort Gay ♦ Fort George G Me ♦ Fort Gibson ♦ Fort Gordon ♦ Fort Greely ♦ Fort Hall ♦ Fort Hancock ♦ Fort Hill ♦ Fort Hood ♦ Fort Huachuca ♦ Fort Hunt ♦ Fort Irwin ♦ Fort Jennings ♦ Fort Johnson ♦ Fort Jones ♦ Fort Kent ♦ Fort Knox ♦ Fort Laramie ♦ Fort Lauderdale ♦ Fort Lawn ♦ Fort Leavenworth ♦ Fort Lee ♦ Fort Leonard Woo ♦ Fort Leonard Wood ♦ Fort Lewis ♦ Fort Littleton ♦ Fort Loramie ♦ Fort Loudon ♦ Fort Lupton ♦ Fort Madison ♦ Fort Mc Clellan ♦ Fort Mc Kavett ♦ Fort McClellan ♦ Fort Mcdowell ♦ Fort McKinley ♦ Fort Meade ♦ Fort Mill ♦ Fort Mitchell ♦ Fort Monmouth ♦ Fort Montgomery ♦ Fort Morgan ♦ Fort Motte ♦ Fort Myers ♦ Fort Myers Beach ♦ Fort Myers Shores ♦ Fort Necessity ♦ Fort Oglethorpe ♦ Fort Ord ♦ Fort Payne ♦ Fort Peck ♦ Fort Pierce ♦ Fort Pierce North ♦ Fort Pierce South ♦ Fort Pierre ♦ Fort Pillow ♦ Fort Plain ♦ Fort Polk ♦ Fort Polk North ♦ Fort Polk South. Additional references.

Beginning with "fort": fort-da, Fort-de-France, Fort-Lamy.

Ending with "fort": Dallas-fort, hill-fort.

Albanian

Fortesë (bastion, citadel, fortress, gusset, presidio, stronghold), Kala (acropolis, aerie, aery, Castle, citadel, fortress, hold, presidio, stronghold, tower). (various references)

Arabic 

‏معقل (bastion, castle, citadel, fortress, hold, redoubt, strong point, stronghold), ‏قلعة (castle, citadel, fortress, stronghold, tower), ‏حصن (arm, bastion, beef up, bulwark, castle, chateau, citadel, entrench, fortification, fortify, fortress, hold, immunize, redoubt, stronghold, tower, trench). (various references)

Bulgarian 

Форт, Укрепен Град (Burg), Укрепление (Vallum). (various references)

Chinese 

堡垒 (fortress, Fortresses, stronghold), 堡壘 . (various references)

Czech

Pevnost (fastness, firmness, fixedness, fortress, keep, post, solidity, stability, steadiness, strength, stronghold, strong-hold, validity). (various references)

Danish

Fort-de-France (Fort-de-France), faestningsgrav (fosse of a fort, moat), voldgrav (fosse of a fort, moat), Le Fort III-fraktur (Le Fort III fracture, LeFort type 3 fracture), Le Fort II-fraktur (Le Fort II fracture, LeFort type 2 fracture), Le Fort I-fraktur (Le Fort I fracture, LeFort type 1 fracture). (various references)

Dutch

fractuur Le Fort III (Le Fort III fracture, LeFort type 3 fracture), fractuur Le Fort II (Le Fort II fracture, LeFort type 2 fracture), fractuur Le Fort I (Le Fort I fracture, LeFort type 1 fracture), Fort-de-France (Fort-de-France), vestinggracht (fosse of a fort, moat), Opleidingsdetachement Fort Rucker (Euro Nato Training Fort Rucker). (various references)

Esperanto

Vilhelmfortikaĵo (Fort William). (various references)

Farsi 

قلعه (Castle, Munition), قوی (Boisterous, Drastic, Hard, Hefty, Intense, Irresistible, Lusty, Mighty, Overtone, Potent, Stalwart, Stark, Stocky, Strong, Swith, Valid, Vigorous), حصار (Barrier, Cramp, Enclosure, Fence, Fold, Hag, Hedge, Inclose, Wall), تقویت کردن (Augment, Beef, Bolster, Corroborate, Edify, Encourage, Rally, Reinforce, Relay, Sustain, Undergird, Uphold), سنگربندی کردن , سنگر (Blind, Citadel, Parapet, Stronghold, Trench), دژ (Castle, Citadel, Presidio, Stronghold), برج وبارو. (various references)

Finnish

linnake. (various references)

French

Fortin, Fort (forte). (various references)

German

Kastell (castle). (various references)

Greek 

φρούριο (citadel, fastness, fortress, stronghold), Φρούριο (Castle). (various references)

Hebrew 

־בצר (Castle), ־צודה, ־צדה, ְקרה, ֱצור. (various references)

Hungarian

Erõdítmény (fortification), Erõd (fortification, fortress, presidio, stronghold). (various references)

Indonesian

kubu (bulwark, rampart, vallum). (various references)

Irish

dhún, dún (close). (various references)

Italian

Fortezza (bastille, citadel, fortress, keep, stronghold), Forte (aloud, big, brawny, deep, Doughty, fast, fastness, forceful, forte, hard, hardly, heavy, hefty, high, hot, keen, living, loud, loudly, mighty, nervous, nervy, potent, puissant, racy, robust, rugged, severe, short, shrewd, stiff, stout, strong, sturdy, tough, vigorous). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

防塞 , 要塞 (fortification, stronghold), 砲台 (battery), 台場 (battery), 堡塁 (stronghold). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ぼうさい (disaster prevention, one's late wife), ほうるい (stronghold), ほうだい (as much as you would like to, battery, Japanesetitle given to foreign work), ほるい (stronghold), ようさい (dressmaking, fortification, mediocre talent, stronghold), だいば (battery). (various references)

Korean 

요새 (Fortresses). (various references)

Manx

rhaa (fortress), peeley (pale, pile, tower), doon (bastion, dun, earth fort, fastness, fortified rock, stronghold). (various references)

Pig Latin

ortfay.(various references)

Portuguese

forte (accomplished, acute, bold, bouncing, brawny, cogent, decuman, firm, forceful, forcible, forte, fortress, full-blooded, hale, hard, heavy, hefty, high, high-hearted, intense, intensive, keen, loud, lusty, manly, masculine, masterful, mighty, nappy, penetrating, pithy, potent, presidio, racy, red-blooded, salt, sanguineous, seaworthy, sharp, sinewy, snorting, solid, stalwart, stark, stout, strapping, sturdy, substantial, swingeing, telling, tough, two-fisted, unfailing, vehement, venturous, vigorous, wakeless, wholesome), fortaleza (burg, castle, fastness, fortification, fortress, keep, strength, stronghold, tower). (various references)

Romanian

Fortãreaţã (fastness, fortress, stronghold), Fort (blockhouse, bottom, frontier, stronghold, work). (various references)

Russian 

форт (ft., post, presidio), Форт. (various references)

Scottish

gearasdan (a garrison, garrison, in : <A NAME="An Gearasdan">An Gearasdan</A> pnm. Fort William; contraction), daingneach (castle, citadel). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

utvrđenje (fortification). (various references)

Spanish

Fuerte (able, bad, big, bold, bouncing, brawny, burly, cast iron, cogent, ebullient, fierce, firm, forceful, forcible, forte, full-blooded, grievous, hard, Hardy, heady, hearty, heavy, hefty, high, intense, long, loud, lurid, lusty, manly, metier, mighty, potent, powerful, raw, ripe, robust, rugged, severe, sharp, sharply, solid, spanking, stiff, stoutly, strident, strong, sturdy, telling, throbbing, tough, vigorous), Fortificación (fortification), Fortín (outpost, pillbox, sconce), Fortaleza (fastness, fortitude, fortress, lieu, stronghold), Muralla (battlement, city wall, dead end, rampart, wall). (various references)

Swedish

fort (apace, fast, fortress, hard, hastily, presidio, quick, quickly, rapidly, sharp, speedily), fästning (fastness, fortress). (various references)

Turkish

Kale (bastion, Castle, citadel, fortress, goal, home, home plate, keep, rook, stronghold, tower, uprights), Hisar (Castle, citadel, fortress, tower). (various references)

Ukrainian

Форт. (various references)

Vietnamese 

người có bản lĩnh (esprit fort). (various references)

Welsh

caerfa (fortress). (various references)

castellum, castra, castraque, castris, castrum, clusuris, fortis. (various references)

fort. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "fort": fortalice, fortalices, forte, fortepiano, fortepianos, fortes, forth, forthcoming, forthright, forthrightly, forthrightness, forthrightnesses, forthrights, forthwith, forties, fortieth, fortieths, fortification, fortifications, fortified, fortifier, fortifiers, fortifies, fortify, fortifying, fortis, fortissimi, fortissimo, fortissimos, fortitude, fortitudes, fortnight, fortnightlies, fortnightly, fortnights, fortress, fortressed, fortresses, fortressing, fortresslike, forts, fortuities, fortuitous, fortuitously, fortuitousness, fortuitousnesses, fortuity, fortunate, fortunately, fortunateness, fortunatenesses. (additional references)

Words ending with "fort": comfort, countereffort, discomfort, effort, piedfort, piefort. (additional references)

Words containing "fort": comfortable, comfortableness, comfortablenesses, comfortably, comforted, comforter, comforters, comforting, comfortingly, comfortless, comforts, counterefforts, discomfortable, discomforted, discomforting, discomforts, effortful, effortfully, effortfulness, effortfulnesses, effortless, effortlessly, effortlessness, effortlessnesses, efforts, henceforth, misfortune, misfortunes, pianoforte, pianofortes, piedforts, pieforts, refortification, refortifications, refortified, refortifies, refortify, refortifying, supercomfortable, thenceforth, uncomfortable, uncomfortably, unforthcoming, unfortified, unfortunate, unfortunately, unfortunates. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Fort" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: fert, ffot, Fiorito, Fitr, Foart, foat, foet, foft, Foit, foor, forb, forc, foret, forf, forg, fori, forit, Forn, forq, forr, forst, for't, forta, Forti, fortn, forto, fortu, forw, forx, Forz, fost, fot, fott, fourt, fout, foxt, foyt, froat, froot, frot, frotw, frout, frrt, furet, furt, fworr, jort, kort, rort, Uforb, vort. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: for, fro, oft, ort, rot, tor.

-2 letters: of, or, to.

+1 letter: croft, fetor, forte, forth, forts, forty, front, frost, froth, ofter.

+2 letters: crofts, effort, factor, fetors, floret, foetor, footer, forest, forgat, forget, forgot, forint, format, forrit, fortes, fortis, foster, fourth, fronts, frosts, frosty, froths, frothy, frowst, lofter, profit, softer, twofer.

+3 letters: affront, coffret, comfort, crofter, defrost, efforts, factors, factory, fagoter, faitour, fanwort, felwort, figwort, firepot, floater, florets, florist, floruit, flouter, foetors, footers, footier, footler, foregut, forests, foretop, forfeit, forgets, forints, formant, formate, formats, forties, fortify, fortune, forwent, fosters, fourths, foxtrot, frontal, fronted, fronter, frontes, fronton, frosted, frothed, frowsts, frowsty, functor, futhorc, futhork, introfy, lofters, loftier, mortify, oftener, outfire, overfat, piefort, pomfret, poofter, profits, refloat, refront, rooftop, rotifer, sportif, telford, thereof, torrefy, torrify, trefoil, trifold, triform, troffer, turnoff, twofers, upfront.