Fort vs. Stronghold
Fortnoun
A fortified defensive structure stationed with troops.
Fortnoun
Any permanent army post.
Fortnoun
(historical) An outlying trading-station, as in British North America.
Fortverb
To create a fort, fortifications, a strong point, or a redoubt.
Fortnoun
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.
Fortnoun
a fortified military post where troops are stationed
Fortnoun
a fortified defensive structure
Fortverb
gather in, or as if in, a fort, as for protection or defense
Fortverb
enclose by or as if by a fortification
Fortverb
station (troops) in a fort
Fortnoun
a fortified building or strategic position
Fortnoun
a trading station.
Strongholdnoun
A place built to withstand attack; a fortress.
Strongholdnoun
(figuratively) A place of domination by, or refuge or survival of, a particular group or idea.
Strongholdnoun
A fastness; a fort or fortress; fortfield place; a place of security.
Strongholdnoun
a strongly fortified defensive structure
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