Definition of Fort

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Definition of Fort
	Fort 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. Related Definitions: And, By, Defense, Ditch, Fortification, Fortified, Occupied, Of, Only, Or, Other, Parapet, Place, Rampart, Small, Strong, Surrounded, With

Fort Quotations

Fortitude is the marshal of thought, the armor of the will, and the fort of reason.
Francis Bacon

In this time the enemy began to undermine our fort, which was situated sixty yards from Kentucky River.
Daniel Boone

A clear cold morning with high wind: we caught in a trap a large gray wolf, and last night obtained in the same way a fox who had for some time infested the neighbourhood of the fort.
Meriwether Lewis

I want a big house with a moat and dragons and a fort to keep people out.
Victoria Adams

Fort Smith, being the place of my longest stay, was the scene of my largest medical practice.
Ernest Thompson Seton

During the fall and winter we built Fort Meade and the town of Sturgis.
Calamity Jane

I want to warn anyone who sees the Peace Corps as an alternative to the draft that life may well be easier at Fort Dix or at apost in Germany than it will be with us.
Sargent Shriver

The Kiss scene was attempted three times. The first was in a peculiar spot of the fort on the ground level. It felt forced to me, and I knew right away that, in spite of what others were saying, it was dead wrong.
Madeleine Stowe

But I like to know that someone is stronger than I am. I want to be able to know that if I get tired, somebody is there to hold up the fort. I like knowing that I can't pick a refrigerator alone. God did not make me strong enough to do that.
Donna Summer

The scene was attempted a second time, up on top of the fort, and cameras didn't even roll. Michael, though he wasn't admitting it, wasn't sure how to shoot the scene.
Madeleine Stowe

Fort Translations

fort in German is Kastell

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