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fortress

(fɔːʳtrɪs)
Word forms: plural fortresses
countable noun
A fortress is a castle or other large strong building, or a well-protected place, which is intended to be difficult for enemies to enter.
...a 13th-century fortress.
Synonyms: castle, fort, stronghold, citadel More Synonyms of fortress

fortress in British English

(ˈfɔːtrɪs)
noun
1. 
a large fort or fortified town
2. 
a place or source of refuge or support
verb
3. (transitive)
to protect with or as if with a fortress
Word origin
C13: from Old French forteresse, from Medieval Latin fortalitia, from Latin fortis strong

fortress in American English

(ˈfɔrtrɪs)
noun
1. 
a fortified place; fort
often used figuratively
verb transitive
2. 
to protect by or furnish with a fortress
Word origin
ME forteresse < OFr < VL *fortaricia < L fortis, strong: see fort1

Examples of 'fortress' in a sentence
fortress

Now it's about staying in the team and trying to make this place a fortress again.
The Sun (2016)
We have to turn this place into a fortress again.
The Sun (2006)
Holidaymakers who take up the following offers will have a fortress town closer to hand.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
It is as if the family has become a fortress.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The Romans had built a virtually impregnable fortress there.
Christianity Today (2000)
The captain of a Norman fortress town had disciplinary duties as well as military ones.
Christina Hardyment Malory: The Life and Times of King Arthur's Chronicler (2005)
I'm trying to persuade him to move or build a fortress around the house.
The Sun (2012)
We can't build a fortress Britain.
The Sun (2009)
 Build a fortress for self-defence.
The Times Literary Supplement (2014)
A permanent wine exhibition housed in a medieval fortress where all the best Italian wines can be tasted and purchased.
Delaforce, Patrick Collins Traveller-Tuscany and Florence (1993)
Inside the wall, four families contending with one another and with a great, golden fortress.
Tepper, Sheri S. A Plague of Angels (1993)
The area had become a fortress for international consultants, diplomats and the American military.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The solution was to build the great Victorian fortress prisons, many of which remain in use today.
Coyle, Andrew & Stern, Vivien The Prisons We Deserve (1994)
Victoria Road is proving more of a sand castle than a fortress with just two wins in their last 11 home games.
The Sun (2013)

In other languages
fortress

British English: fortress NOUN
A fortress is a castle or other large strong building that is difficult for enemies to enter.
...a medieval fortress.
  • American English: fortress
  • Brazilian Portuguese: fortaleza
  • Chinese: 城堡
  • European Spanish: fortaleza
  • French: forteresse
  • German: Festung
  • Italian: fortezza
  • Japanese: 要塞
  • Korean: 요새
  • European Portuguese: fortaleza
  • Latin American Spanish: fortaleza

Chinese translation of 'fortress'

fortress

(ˈfɔːtrɪs)

n (c)

  1. 堡垒(壘) (bǎolěi) (座, zuò)
(noun) 
Definition
a large fort or fortified town
a 13th-century fortress
Synonyms
castle
They were given a guided tour of the medieval castle.
fort
Soldiers inside the fort are under sustained attack.
stronghold
The seat was a stronghold of the Labour Party.
citadel
The citadel at Besançon towered above the river.
redoubt
fastness
fortified pa (New Zealand)

Additional synonyms

in the sense of citadel
Definition
a fortress in a city
The citadel at Besançon towered above the river.
Synonyms
fortress,
keep,
tower,
stronghold,
bastion,
fortification,
fastness
in the sense of fort
Definition
a fortified building or position
Soldiers inside the fort are under sustained attack.
Synonyms
fortress,
keep,
station,
camp,
tower,
castle,
garrison,
stronghold,
citadel,
fortification,
redoubt,
fastness,
blockhouse,
fortified pa (New Zealand)
in the sense of stronghold
Definition
a place that is well defended
The seat was a stronghold of the Labour Party.
Synonyms
bastion,
fortress,
bulwark,
fastness

Synonyms of 'fortress'

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