Fort
noun
A building used by soldiers to protect against an attack.
The soldiers retreated to the safety of the fort
Often appears as...
- build a fort
- defend a fort
noun
A safe or secure place.
My home is my fort
Often appears as...
- safe as a fort
- fort of solace
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Approving
noun
Used in place names.
She moved to Fort Lauderdale last year
Often appears as...
- fort worth
- fort myers
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Geographical
noun
A small shelter made by children for play.
The kids built a pillow fort in their bedroom
Often appears as...
- pillow fort
- blanket fort
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Childish
noun
A building used by soldiers to protect against an attack.
The soldiers retreated to the safety of the fort
Often appears as...
- build a fort
- defend a fort
noun
A safe or secure place.
My home is my fort
Often appears as...
- safe as a fort
- fort of solace
Usage tips
Approving
noun
Used in place names.
She moved to Fort Lauderdale last year
Often appears as...
- fort worth
- fort myers
Usage tips
Geographical
noun
A small shelter made by children for play.
The kids built a pillow fort in their bedroom
Often appears as...
- pillow fort
- blanket fort
Usage tips
Childish
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Use
The term has a military origin, usually referring to a secure place for troops.
The ancient fort had walls thick enough to withstand sieges.
Pro Tip 2/3Figurative Sense
Sometimes used to imply that someone is defensive or hard to approach emotionally.
He put up a fort around his heart after the breakup.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Heritage
Forts can be historic landmarks and tourist attractions today.
We visited the fort, which has been a museum for a century.
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Use
The term has a military origin, usually referring to a secure place for troops.
The ancient fort had walls thick enough to withstand sieges.
Pro Tip 2/3Figurative Sense
Sometimes used to imply that someone is defensive or hard to approach emotionally.
He put up a fort around his heart after the breakup.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Heritage
Forts can be historic landmarks and tourist attractions today.
We visited the fort, which has been a museum for a century.
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Use
The term has a military origin, usually referring to a secure place for troops.
The ancient fort had walls thick enough to withstand sieges.
Pro Tip 2/3Figurative Sense
Sometimes used to imply that someone is defensive or hard to approach emotionally.
He put up a fort around his heart after the breakup.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Heritage
Forts can be historic landmarks and tourist attractions today.
We visited the fort, which has been a museum for a century.
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Finding Baby Seals on an...
I've got to admit that it's incredible that even the old forts here have become spider caves. Every building is transforming into its own habitat. And if you replicate that across the island, there's a whole new ecosystem in action here. These places that typically people think are not useful brownfield sites, so much value for wildlife and more
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The Atlantic slave...
which they also bought with slaves. The slave trade had become an arms race, altering societies and economies across the continent. As for the slaves themselves, they faced unimaginable brutality. After being marched to slave forts on the coast, shaved to prevent lice, and branded,
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Ice Castle Closes Due to...
large fort it's extremely fun it's difficult it's challenging to be very stressful but how often can you get the opportunity to build a floor of this magnitude something that tens of thousands of visitors come through every year it's artistic unlike anything in the entire world
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Little Farms, Big...
takes a toll on the planet i'm ginger z chief meteorologist at abc news my family and i are hitting the road to help rebuild and get a first-hand look at what it takes to save the planet so today we traveled to echo farm in fort myers florida to see how it can be done
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Spectacular, glorious,...
I'm very very excited about that I'm forever in gratitude to the extraordinary health care workers who are keeping us all in check and who are holding our forts and keep our communities strong it's it's really a wild thing too to be attending to from a
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Encouraging troops to be...
play baseball I thought this was great initiative meets generosity Jay was our ambassador and that was my light bulb moment so I tracked down Jay flew to Fort Bragg and met with him and his team I told them the idea when soldiers
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Safari Live - Day 142 PIPE...
was the road that we told those dear people to come and fetch us on but less well not any luck so what we'll probably have to do is create a fort underneath this tree and sleep inside it right we're we're going to care we're not
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that they don't want you around anymore so the rule is as I said earlier always an animal's defense is going to be far too flat and generally I'll avoid conflict and so they will run away using the fort but um sometimes they can
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Into the Ocean PIPE...
yeah bye mr trash you're doing your thing stay hungry to finish up we're heading south to fort myers beach florida to do some beach cleanup with alex shules the co-founder of four ocean this is a group that around the world
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Safari Live - Day 384 PIPE...
to hold the fort I'm afraid that's kind of how it goes Shazaam you must be a fairly new viewer yes they are primates in this area and they are baboons so these baboons and vervet monkeys and
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Finding Baby Seals on an...
I've got to admit that it's incredible that even the old forts here have become spider caves. Every building is transforming into its own habitat. And if you replicate that across the island, there's a whole new ecosystem in action here. These places that typically people think are not useful brownfield sites, so much value for wildlife and more
Video examples
The Atlantic slave...
which they also bought with slaves. The slave trade had become an arms race, altering societies and economies across the continent. As for the slaves themselves, they faced unimaginable brutality. After being marched to slave forts on the coast, shaved to prevent lice, and branded,
Video examples
Ice Castle Closes Due to...
large fort it's extremely fun it's difficult it's challenging to be very stressful but how often can you get the opportunity to build a floor of this magnitude something that tens of thousands of visitors come through every year it's artistic unlike anything in the entire world
Video examples
Little Farms, Big...
takes a toll on the planet i'm ginger z chief meteorologist at abc news my family and i are hitting the road to help rebuild and get a first-hand look at what it takes to save the planet so today we traveled to echo farm in fort myers florida to see how it can be done
Video examples
Spectacular, glorious,...
I'm very very excited about that I'm forever in gratitude to the extraordinary health care workers who are keeping us all in check and who are holding our forts and keep our communities strong it's it's really a wild thing too to be attending to from a
Video examples
Encouraging troops to be...
play baseball I thought this was great initiative meets generosity Jay was our ambassador and that was my light bulb moment so I tracked down Jay flew to Fort Bragg and met with him and his team I told them the idea when soldiers
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 142 PIPE...
was the road that we told those dear people to come and fetch us on but less well not any luck so what we'll probably have to do is create a fort underneath this tree and sleep inside it right we're we're going to care we're not
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 194 PIPE...
that they don't want you around anymore so the rule is as I said earlier always an animal's defense is going to be far too flat and generally I'll avoid conflict and so they will run away using the fort but um sometimes they can
Video examples
Into the Ocean PIPE...
yeah bye mr trash you're doing your thing stay hungry to finish up we're heading south to fort myers beach florida to do some beach cleanup with alex shules the co-founder of four ocean this is a group that around the world
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 384 PIPE...
to hold the fort I'm afraid that's kind of how it goes Shazaam you must be a fairly new viewer yes they are primates in this area and they are baboons so these baboons and vervet monkeys and
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Quote examples
Mary Pope Osborne
American Writer
When I was growing up, kids would go outside and play all day and invent things. And my brothers and I pretended our picnic table was a ship one summer. Our bikes were horses, and our trees were forts. We turned everything in the world into make-believe.
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Amanda Gorman
American Poet
What contributed to my writing early on is how my mom encouraged it. She kept the TV off because she wanted my siblings and I to be engaged and active. So we made forts, put on plays, musicals, and I wrote like crazy.
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Jai Courtney
Australian Actor
I was always dressing up as a kid in the backyard, building some sort of fort and having battles against imaginary enemies. It's often that same feeling when you're pretending for a living, but it's with bigger toys.
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Madeleine Stowe
American Actress
The scene was attempted a second time, up on top of the fort, and cameras didn't even roll. Michael, though he wasn't admitting it, wasn't sure how to shoot the scene.
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Jim Peebles
Canadian Scientist
As a kid I did enjoy building things; learned quickly how to make gun powder. I built sleighs, forts, houses in the back yards of houses.
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Tomi Lahren
American Journalist
Fort Hood, Chattanooga, and San Bernardino are not 'terrorist incidents.' They are attacks. Get that straight.
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John Updike
American Novelist
Bookstores are lonely forts, spilling light onto the sidewalk. They civilize their neighborhoods.
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Landon Donovan
American Athlete
You put a lot of pressure on your defenders to be able to hold the fort when you go forward.
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Dan Jenkins
American Author
Fort Worth is friendly; it's still a Texas town. It's the most Texas city in Texas.
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Jimmy Butler
American Athlete
I built a fort when I was little, with pillows and blankets.
Quote examples
Mary Pope Osborne
American Writer
When I was growing up, kids would go outside and play all day and invent things. And my brothers and I pretended our picnic table was a ship one summer. Our bikes were horses, and our trees were forts. We turned everything in the world into make-believe.
Quote examples
Amanda Gorman
American Poet
What contributed to my writing early on is how my mom encouraged it. She kept the TV off because she wanted my siblings and I to be engaged and active. So we made forts, put on plays, musicals, and I wrote like crazy.
Quote examples
Jai Courtney
Australian Actor
I was always dressing up as a kid in the backyard, building some sort of fort and having battles against imaginary enemies. It's often that same feeling when you're pretending for a living, but it's with bigger toys.
Quote examples
Madeleine Stowe
American Actress
The scene was attempted a second time, up on top of the fort, and cameras didn't even roll. Michael, though he wasn't admitting it, wasn't sure how to shoot the scene.
Quote examples
Jim Peebles
Canadian Scientist
As a kid I did enjoy building things; learned quickly how to make gun powder. I built sleighs, forts, houses in the back yards of houses.
Quote examples
Tomi Lahren
American Journalist
Fort Hood, Chattanooga, and San Bernardino are not 'terrorist incidents.' They are attacks. Get that straight.
Quote examples
John Updike
American Novelist
Bookstores are lonely forts, spilling light onto the sidewalk. They civilize their neighborhoods.
Quote examples
Landon Donovan
American Athlete
You put a lot of pressure on your defenders to be able to hold the fort when you go forward.
Quote examples
Dan Jenkins
American Author
Fort Worth is friendly; it's still a Texas town. It's the most Texas city in Texas.
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Jimmy Butler
American Athlete
I built a fort when I was little, with pillows and blankets.
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