- a building or buildings built in order to defend an area against attack
- the remains of a Roman fort
Extra ExamplesTopics Historyc1, Buildingsc1- The fort finally fell after a week of intense fighting.
- The fort was under attack for three days.
- an Iron Age hill fort
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- hill
- border
- Iron Age
- …
- attack
- hold
- build
- …
- fall
- at a/the fort
- in a/the fort
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- (North American English) a place where soldiers live and have their training
- Fort Drum
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- hill
- border
- Iron Age
- …
- attack
- hold
- build
- …
- fall
- at a/the fort
- in a/the fort
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French fort or Italian forte, from Latin fortis ‘strong’.
Idioms
See fort in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryhold the fort (British English)
(North American English hold down the fort)
- (informal) to have the responsibility for something or care of somebody while other people are away or out
- Why not have a day off? I'll hold the fort for you.
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