Synonyms for fortress

Grammar : Noun

Spell : fawr-tris

Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɔr trɪs

Définition of fortress

Origin : early 14c., from Old French forteresse "strong place" (12c.), variant of fortelesse, from Medieval Latin fortalitia, from Latin fortis "strong" (see fort) + English -ess, a fairly uncommon suffix (duress, largess being other examples), from Latin -itia, forming nouns of quality or condition.

noun stronghold

Example sentences :

Thus the fortress must be taken before a gun or a waggon could move.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various

No nation can longer be a fortress, lone and strong and safe.
Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various

It was like trying to storm a medieval fortress with a popgun.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

Distant view of the city of Cuzco and of the Sacsahuaman hill, crowned by the fortress.
Extract from : « Apu Ollantay » by Anonymous

The fortress of the future will probably be in the nature of an intrenched camp.
Extract from : « Camps, Quarters and Casual Places » by Archibald Forbes

But in time of war all the people had flocked into the fortress.
Extract from : « Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae » by Jennie Hall

The walls of the keep were not the only protection of the fortress.
Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield

The Edwardian castles of Caernarvon and Beaumaris belong to this type of fortress.
Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield

In Cornelius's cell one heard the chimes of the clock of the fortress.
Extract from : « The Black Tulip » by Alexandre Dumas (Pere)

We went, and walked in silence to and fro along the rampart of the fortress.
Extract from : « A Hero of Our Time » by M. Y. Lermontov

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