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1. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
   - garrison
    
2. A fortified defensive structure
   - fortress

1. Gather in, or as if in, a fort, as for protection or defence
   - fort up
    
2. Enclose by or as if by a fortification
   - fortify
    
3. Station (troops) in a fort

Sounds like: fought

Derived forms: forts, forted, forting

See also: fortify

Type of: assemble, close in, defence [Brit, Cdn], defense [US], defensive structure, enclose, foregather, forgather, gather, inclose, meet, military post, place, post, send, shut in, station

Encyclopedia: Fort