fort
UK/fɔːt//fɔɹt/
fort noun: a fortified defensive structure stationed with troops.
Noun
fort (plural forts)
- A fortified defensive structure stationed with troops.
- Any permanent army post.
- Synonyms:
- air base, armory, arsenal, base, camp, headquarters, supply depot, watchtower
- An outlying trading-station, as in British North America.
- A structure improvised from furniture, bedding, etc., for playing games.
- The kids built a fort out of chairs and pillows.
- Synonyms:
- den
Verb
fort (third-person singular simple present forts, present participle forting, simple past and past participle forted)
- To create a fort, fortifications, a strong point, or a redoubt.
- Synonyms:
- fort up
Proper noun capitalized: Fort
Fort
fort meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
fort in Hindi
- fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
- क़िला qilā, कोट koṭ
fort in Tamil
- கோட்டை
fort in Marathi
- fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
- गड gaḍ, दुर्ग durga
fort in Urdu
- fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
- قلعہ qila
More languagesFewer languages
- fort in Bengali
- কেল্লা kella
- fort in Telugu
- కోట kōṭa
- fort in Malayalam
- കോട്ട kōṭṭa
- fort in Kannada
- ಕೋಂಟೆ, ಕೊಟ್ಟ, ಕೋಟ್ಟ, ಕೋಟೆ
- fort in Punjabi
- ਕੋਟ koṭ, ਕਿਲ੍ਹਾ kilhā
- fort in Gujarati
- ગઢ gaḍh, કિલ્લો killo, કોટ koṭ
- fort in Odia
- ଗଡ଼ gaṛa
- fort in Sanskrit
- कोट koṭa, ऋण ṛṇá
- fort in Assamese
- গড় gor
- fort in Nepali
- किल्ला, किल्लाको
- fort in Pashto
- کوټ koṭ
- fort in Arabic
- قَلْعَة qalʕa, حِصْن ḥiṣn
- fort in Indonesian
- benteng
- fort in Persian
- دژ dež
- fort in Vietnamese
- pháo đài
Examples of fort in a sentence
- The army tried repeatedly to retake the fort they had been driven from.
- The battleship brought her main guns to bear on the fort.
- Anyone who attacks this fort will be turned to cat meat.
Synonyms of fort
14 more synonymsFewer synonyms
Forms of fort
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | forts |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | forts |
| present participle | forting |
| past participle | forted |
| past | forted |
Origin of fort
From Middle English fort, from Middle French fort (“strong”) (adjective use is from Old French). Doublet of fortis and forte.
Words formed from fort
- blanket fort
- climbing fort
- fairy fort
- Fort Archambault
- Fort Augustus
- Fort Bend County
- Fort Benton
- Fort Collins
- Fort Covington
- Fort Davis
- Fort Devens
- Fort Dix
- Fort Dodge
- Fort Drum
- Fort Edward
- Fort Erie
- Fort Fairfield
- Fort Gaines
- Fort Gay
- Fort George
- Fort Gratiot
- Fort Huachuca
- Fort Kent
- Fort Kinnaird
- Fort Lauderdale
- Fort Lee
- fortlet
- fortlike
- Fort Lupton
- Fort Madison
- Fort Matilda
- Fort Meade
- Fort Mill
- Fort Morgan
- Fort Payne
- Fort Pierce
- Fort Pierre
- Fort Saskatchewan
- Fort Scott
- Fort Smith
- Fort St. John
- Fort Stockton
- Fort Sumner
- Fort Valley
- Fort Victoria
- Fort Walton Beach
- Fort Washington
- Fort Wayne
- Fort William
- Fort Worth
- forty
- Fort Yates
- hill-fort
- hold down the fort
- man the fort
- Navan Fort
- pillow fort
- polygonal fort
- ringfort
- snow fort
Phrases with fort
- fort up
- Fort Dick
- Fort Knox
- star fort
- Fort Bragg
- Fort Irwin
- Fort Jones
- Fort Liard
- Fort Myers
- Fort Yukon
- esprit fort
- Fort Orange
26 more phrasesFewer phrases
- Fort Sumter
- Fort Wright
- Fort Ancient
- Fort Bidwell
- Fort Bridger
- Fort Calhoun
- Fort Macleod
- Fort Defiance
- Fort McMurray
- Fort Worthian
- mans the fort
- Fort McDermitt
- Fort Worthians
- Fort Zeelandia
- Fort George Cay
- manned the fort
- Fort Bragg fever
- Fort Myers Beach
- manning the fort
- North Fort Myers
- held down the fort
- PMA Fort Del Pilar
- solid as Fort Knox
- holds down the fort
- holding down the fort
- all the gold in Fort Knox
Words that rhyme with fort
44 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- export
- mort
- assort
- escort
- quart
- resort
- retort
- thwart
- wart
- cavort
- comport
- detort
- distort
- extort
- swart
- transport
- apport
- come short
- consort
- contort
- desport
- ort
- purport
- reimport
- tort
- accourt
- aport
- asnort
- asport
- bort
- coreport
- Crown Court
- dort
- exhort
- Isle aux Morts
- kangaroo court
- misreport
- reexport
- rereport
- rort
- skort
- spoilsport
- torte
- worrywart
Questions about fort
- What does fort mean?
- Fort means a fortified defensive structure stationed with troops.
- What is fort in Hindi?
- Fort in Hindi is क़िला (qilā), कोट (koṭ). See Fort meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is fort?
- Fort can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce fort?
- Fort is pronounced /fɔɹt/ (US).
- What is the plural of fort?
- The plural of fort is forts.
Words near fort in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: fort (page history and authors); Fort (page history and authors); fort (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); കോട്ട (Malayalam) (page history and authors); fort (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਕਿਲ੍ਹਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); કિલ્લો (Gujarati) (page history and authors); ଗଡ଼ (Odia) (page history and authors); ऋण (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); গড় (Assamese) (page history and authors); fort (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); کوټ (Pashto) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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