fortress
part of speech
noun (fortress, fortresses)
meaning for a pupil
1) A fortress is a large, strong building or town with thick walls, built to protect people from attack. tree →
2) A fortress is any place that is very safe and hard to get into. tree →
sense in the lessons
In history lessons, fortresses include castles, walled towns and forts used in wars. In stories, a fortress is often the home of a king or a villain. In everyday talk, «a fortress» can describe a well-guarded house or a strong defence in sport. Common phrases: «an ancient fortress», «mountain fortress», «impregnable fortress», «turn into a fortress».
examples
- The soldiers hid inside the stone fortress. tree →
- The fortress stood on a hill above the river. tree →
- Edinburgh Castle was once a mighty fortress. tree →
- We built a pillow fortress in the living room. tree →
- The dragon guarded the gate of the dark fortress. tree →
- Their defence was like a fortress — no goals all season. tree →
- The fortress walls were three metres thick. tree →
- Shiyu by using his magic art quickly passed over with his army and shut himself up in a fortress on the opposite bank. tree →
note
Plural: fortresses. Related words: «fort» (usually smaller), «fortify» (make stronger), «fortification». A fortress is a kind of building, not a weapon.
In the corpora
- It remembers 14 July 1789, when people in Paris took the Bastille, a prison fortress.
- and he said: The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
- The God who is my strong fortress, and who letteth my way go forth straight;
- I have made thee a tower and a fortress among My people; that thou mayest know and try their way.
- That causeth destruction to flash upon the strong, so that destruction cometh upon the fortress.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «fortress» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.