fort

«fort» in Mova's school dictionary: a strong building or group of buildings with thick walls… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (fort, forts)

meaning for a pupil

1) A fort is a strong building or group of buildings with thick walls, built to protect soldiers and people from attack. tree →

2) A fort is a children's den or hideout made from boxes, blankets or branches. tree →

3) «Hold the fort» means look after things while someone is away. tree →

sense in the lessons

In history, pupils learn about Roman forts (like those along Hadrian's Wall), castles, and frontier forts in North America; forts had walls, towers, gates and ditches. In everyday play, children build blanket forts or snow forts. Safety: when building forts outdoors, do not dig into sand banks or use heavy loose wood that can fall. Phrases: hold the fort, build a fort, blanket fort, Roman fort, snow fort.

examples

• The Romans built forts along Hadrian's Wall. tree →
• We built a blanket fort in the living room. tree →
• The soldiers defended the fort from attack. tree →
• My friends and I made a snow fort. tree →
• Can you hold the fort while I go to the shop? tree →
• Fort William is a town in Scotland named after an old fort. tree →
• Taram-taq was left alone; he would have retired into his fort, but the prince shouted: “Whither away, accursed one? tree →

note

Countable: forts. Many place names begin with «Fort» (Fort Worth, Fort William). Do not confuse with «fought» (past of fight) — similar sound in some accents — or «forte» (a strong point).

In the corpora

• The Portuguese did not simply join the Indian Ocean trade but used warships and forts to force others to buy passes and pay duties.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «fort» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.