Complete Definition of "fortress"

English

Etymology
From OF. forteresse.

Noun
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#A fortified place; a large and permanent fortification, sometimes including a town; a fort; a castle; a stronghold; a place of defense or security.

Translations

Ainu: ��� (chashi)
Croatian: tvr�ava f
Danish: fæstning c
German: Festung f
Hungarian: vár
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Italian: fortezza f, rocca f
Kurdish: KUchar|���ڵا
Old English: fæsten n
Serbian: �в��ава (tvr�ava) f
Turkish: kale
Ukrainian: ��� (fortetsia) f
Welsh: caer f

See also
fortalice, fortilice

Verb
en-verb|fortresses|fortressing|fortressed

  1. To furnish with a fortress or with fortresses; to guard; to fortify.

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