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# fortress

«fortress» in Mova's school dictionary: **a large, strong building or town with thick walls, built…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fortress/#m1)

2) A fortress is any place that is very safe and hard to get into. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fortress/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fortress/#x1)
- The fortress stood on a hill above the river. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fortress/#x2)
- Edinburgh Castle was once a mighty fortress. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fortress/#x3)
- We built a pillow fortress in the living room. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fortress/#x4)
- The dragon guarded the gate of the dark fortress. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fortress/#x5)
- Their defence was like a fortress — no goals all season. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fortress/#x6)
- The fortress walls were three metres thick. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fortress/#x7)
- Shiyu by using his magic art quickly passed over with his army and shut himself up in a fortress on the opposite bank. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fortress/#x8)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/french/33-14-juillet-poisson-d-avril-and-other-french-days/6/)
- [and he said: The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.660/)
- [The God who is my strong fortress, and who letteth my way go forth straight;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.692/)
- [I have made thee a tower and a fortress among My people; that thou mayest know and try their way.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.198/)
- [That causeth destruction to flash upon the strong, so that destruction cometh upon the fortress.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/AMO.73/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «fortress» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fortress/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.