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fortress
What does fortress mean?
fortress (noun): a fortified defensive structure.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use fortress in a sentence?
- The fortress is impenetrable. (Tatoeba sentence #13514246 by rul, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce fortress?
/ˈfɔɹtɹəs/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does fortress come from?
Early 14 c., from Old French forteresce, forteresse, forterece (“strong place, fortification”), variant of fortelesse.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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