fort

Examples:: show 4 examples...; hide 4 examples...; Alhambra
a fortified Moorish palace built near Granada by Muslim kings in the Middle Ages; Bastille
a fortress built in Paris in the 14th century and used as a prison in the 17th and 18th centuries; it was destroyed July 14, 1789 at the start of the French Revolution; Tower of London
a fortress in London on the Thames; used as a palace and a state prison and now as a museum containing the crown jewels; Machu Picchu
Inca fortress city in the Andes in Peru discovered in 1911; it may have been built in the 15th century

Types:: show 4 types...; hide 4 types...; alcazar
any of various Spanish fortresses or palaces built by the Moors; martello tower
a circular masonry fort for coastal defence; presidio
a fortress established in the southwestern United States by the Spanish in order to protect their missions and other holdings; sconce
a small fort or earthwork defending a ford, pass, or castle gate

Type of:: defence, defense, defensive structure
a structure used to defend against attack

Examples:: Fort George Gordon Meade
a United States Army base in Maryland; headquarters of the National Security Agency

Type of:: military post, post
military installation at which a body of troops is stationed

Types:: trench
fortify by surrounding with trenches; embattle
fortify by furnishing with battlements for defense

Type of:: assemble, foregather, forgather, gather, meet
collect in one place

DEFINITIONS OF: fort