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fortress
(mass) | fortress
- pevnosť |
fortress
(encz) | fortress,opevnění n: [voj.] Hynek Hanke |
fortress
(encz) | fortress,pevnost n: [voj.] |
fortress
(encz) | fortress,tvrz n: web |
Fortress
(gcide) | Fortress \For"tress\, n.; pl. Fortresses. [F. forteresse, OF.
forteresce, fortelesce, LL. foralitia, fr. L. fortis strong.
See Fort, and cf. Fortalice.]
A fortified place; a large and permanent fortification,
sometimes including a town; a fort; a castle; a stronghold; a
place of defense or security.
Syn: Fortress, Fortification, Castle, Citadel.
Usage: A fortress is constructed for military purposes only,
and is permanently garrisoned; a fortification is
built to defend harbors, cities, etc.; a castle is a
fortress of early times which was ordinarily a
palatial dwelling; a citadel is the stronghold of a
fortress or city, etc.
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Fortress
(gcide) | Fortress \For"tress\, v. t.
To furnish with a fortress or with fortresses; to guard; to
fortify. --Shak.
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fortress
(wn) | fortress
n 1: a fortified defensive structure [syn: fortress, fort] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
fortress
(mass) | fortress
- pevnosť |
fortress
(encz) | fortress,opevnění n: [voj.] Hynek Hankefortress,pevnost n: [voj.] fortress,tvrz n: web |
fortresses
(encz) | fortresses,pevnosti n: Zdeněk Brož |
Comfortress
(gcide) | Comfortress \Com"fort*ress\, n.
A woman who comforts.
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To be your comfortress, and to preserve you. --B.
Jonson.
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Fortresses
(gcide) | Fortress \For"tress\, n.; pl. Fortresses. [F. forteresse, OF.
forteresce, fortelesce, LL. foralitia, fr. L. fortis strong.
See Fort, and cf. Fortalice.]
A fortified place; a large and permanent fortification,
sometimes including a town; a fort; a castle; a stronghold; a
place of defense or security.
Syn: Fortress, Fortification, Castle, Citadel.
Usage: A fortress is constructed for military purposes only,
and is permanently garrisoned; a fortification is
built to defend harbors, cities, etc.; a castle is a
fortress of early times which was ordinarily a
palatial dwelling; a citadel is the stronghold of a
fortress or city, etc.
[1913 Webster] |
fortress
(wn) | fortress
n 1: a fortified defensive structure [syn: fortress, fort] |
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