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semifortified

semifortified adjective: partially or somewhat fortified.

Adjective

semifortified (not comparable)

  1. Partially or somewhat fortified.
    • We were walking on grass now, and I saw that the tent-cathedral had been pitched on a champian surrounded by semifortified houses; its insubstantial belfries looked down upon their parapets.1980, Gene Wolfe, chapter XIX, in The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun; 1), New York: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 170

Origin of semifortified

From semi- + fortified.

Questions about semifortified

What does semifortified mean?
Semifortified means partially or somewhat fortified.
What part of speech is semifortified?
Semifortified is an adjective.

Words near semifortified in the dictionary

  1. semiformalizing
  2. semiformally
  3. semiformals
  4. semiformed
  5. semiforms
  6. semifortified
  7. semifossil
  8. semifossilized
  9. semifossorial
  10. semifractal
  11. semifractals

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