fortification
Meaning of fortification
- a defensive wall or other reinforcement built to strengthen a place against attack.
the building and maintenance of fortifications
a medieval fortification
late Middle English: via French from late Latin fortificatio(n- ), from fortificare (see fortify).
Information about fortification
- It is a name.
- The plural form of fortification is: fortifications.
- Languages in which fortification is used:
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Hyphenation of fortification
for-ti-fi-ca-tion
- It consists of 5 syllables and 13 chars.
- fortification is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
fortification synonyms
Meaning munition:
Meaning a defensive wall of a castle or walled city, having a broad top with a walkway and typically a stone parapet:
Meaning a defensive wall:
Meaning a fence of wooden stakes or iron railings fixed in the ground, forming an enclosure or defence:
Meaning a barrier formed from upright wooden posts or stakes, especially as a defence against attack or as a means of confining animals:
Meaning a temporary or supplementary fortification, typically square or polygonal and without flanking defences:
Meaning a large artificial bank of soil, especially one used as a fortification:
Meaning a section of a fortification or system of defence which is in front of the main part:
Meaning a projecting part of a fortification built at an angle to the line of a wall, so as to allow defensive fire in several directions:
Meaning a protective wall or earth defence along the top of a trench or other place of concealment for troops:
Meaning a parapet at the top of a wall, especially of a fort or castle, that has regularly spaced squared openings for shooting through:
Meaning a reinforced concrete shelter used as an observation point:
Meaning an improvised barrier erected across a street or other thoroughfare to prevent or delay the movement of opposing forces:
Meaning a structure of stone or brick built against a wall to strengthen or support it:
Meaning a place that has been fortified so as to protect it against attack:
Meaning practical work conducted by a researcher in the natural environment, rather than in a laboratory or office:
Meaning an outwork of fortifications, with two faces forming a salient angle, constructed beyond the main ditch and in front of the curtain:
Meaning a small fort, fortified house, or outwork of fortification:
Translation of fortification
- Italian: fortificazione
- German: Befestigung
- French: fortification
- Spanish: fortificación
- Portuguese: fortificação
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