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fort

noun
/fɔɹt/US/fɔːt/UK/fo(ː)ɹt/

Etymology

From Middle English fort, from Middle French fort (“strong”) (adjective use is from Old French). Doublet of fortis and forte.

  1. derived from fort — “strong”
  2. inherited from fort

Definitions

  1. A fortified defensive structure stationed with troops.

  2. Any permanent army post.

  3. An outlying trading-station, as in British North America.

  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. A structure improvised from furniture, bedding, etc., for playing games.

      • The kids built a fort out of chairs and pillows.

    2. To create a fort, fortifications, a strong point, or a redoubt.

    3. A surname.

    4. A district of Colombo, Sri Lanka.

The neighborhood

Derived

blanket fort, climbing fort, fairy fort, Fort Archambault, Fort Augustus, Fort Bend County, Fort Benton, Fort Collins, Fort Davis, Fort Dodge, Fort Edward, Fort Erie, Fort Gaines, Fort Gay, Fort George, Fort Gratiot, Fort Kinnaird, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lee, fortlet, fortlike, Fort Lupton, Fort Madison, Fort Matilda, Fort Morgan, Fort Payne, Fort Pierce, Fort Pierre, Fort Saskatchewan, Fort Scott, Fort Smith, Fort St. John, Fort Stockton, Fort Sumner, Fort Valley, Fort Victoria, Fort Wayne, Fort William, Fort Worth, forty · +10 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at fort. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at fort. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at fort

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA