Fortification
41fortification — for|ti|fi|ca|tion [ˌfo:tıfıˈkeıʃən US ˌfo:r ] n 1.) [U] the process of making something stronger or more effective 2.) fortifications [plural] towers, walls etc built around a place in order to protect it or defend it ▪ a site of ancient… …
42fortification — for|ti|fi|ca|tion [ ,fɔrtıfı keıʃn ] noun 1. ) uncount the process of making buildings, walls, etc. stronger in order to defend a place a ) the process of making something stronger 2. ) fortifications plural strong buildings, walls, towers, etc.… …
43fortification — [[t]fɔ͟ː(r)tɪfɪke͟ɪʃ(ə)n[/t]] fortifications N COUNT: usu pl Fortifications are buildings, walls, or ditches that are built to protect a place and make it more difficult to attack. → See also fortify The government has started building… …
44fortification — for·ti·fi·ca·tion || ‚fÉ”rtɪfɪ keɪʃn /‚fÉ”Ët n. strengthening, fortifying; corroboration; something which fortifies or defends …
45fortification — noun a defensive wall or other reinforcement built to fortify a place. ↘the action of fortifying or process of being fortified …
46fortification — n. 1. Military architecture. 2. Fort, stronghold, castle, citadel, bulwark, fortified place. See fortress …
47fortification — noun (U) the process of making something stronger …
48fortification — noun fortifications loomed ominously along the high banks of the river Syn: rampart, wall, defense, bulwark, palisade, stockade, redoubt, earthwork, bastion, parapet, barricade …
49fortification — n 1. strengthening, reinforcement, buttressing, bracing, backing, redoubling; augmentation, addition, magnification, aggrandizement, intensification. 2. battlement, rampart, protection, bastion, Fort. vallation; parapet, blockhouse, Fort.… …
50fortification — for·ti·fi·ca·tion …
