Word Meanings - FORTIFICATION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. The act of fortifying; the art or science of fortifying places in order to defend them against an enemy. 2. That which fortifies; especially, a work or works erected to defend a place against attack; a fortified place; a fortress; a fort; a

Additional info about word: FORTIFICATION

1. The act of fortifying; the art or science of fortifying places in order to defend them against an enemy. 2. That which fortifies; especially, a work or works erected to defend a place against attack; a fortified place; a fortress; a fort; a castle. Fortification agate, Scotch pebble. Syn. -- Fortress; citadel; bulwark. See Fortress.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of FORTIFICATION)

• Bulwark
• Rampart
• fortress
• fortification
• palladium
• citadel
• intrenchment
• stronghold
• parapet
• bastion
• corporation
• Confirmation
• strengthening
• security
• wall
• defence
• embankment
• mound
• mole
• outwork
• breastwork

Related words: (words related to FORTIFICATION)

• DEFENCE
  See DEFENSE
• RAMPART
  A broad embankment of earth round a place, upon which the parapet is raised. It forms the substratum of every permanent fortification. Mahan. Syn. -- Bulwark; fence; security; guard. -- Rampart, Bulwark. These words were formerly interchanged; but
• CORPORATION
  A body politic or corporate, formed and authorized by law to act as a single person, and endowed by law with the capacity of succession; a society having the capacity of transacting business as an individual. Note: Corporations are aggregate or
• BREASTWORK
  A defensive work of moderate height, hastily thrown up, of earth or other material.
• STRENGTHENING
  That strengthens; giving or increasing strength. -- Strength"en*ing*ly, adv. Strengthening plaster , a plaster containing iron, and supposed to have tonic effects.
• EMBANKMENT
  1. The act of surrounding or defending with a bank. 2. A structure of earth, gravel, etc., raised to prevent water from overflowing a level tract of country, to retain water in a reservoir, or to carry a roadway, etc.
• SECURITY
  1. The condition or quality of being secure; secureness. Specifically: Freedom from apprehension, anxiety, or care; confidence of power of safety; hence, assurance; certainty. His trembling hand had lost the ease, Which marks security to please.
• STRENGTHENER
  One who, or that which, gives or adds strength. Sir W. Temple.
• BASTIONED
  Furnished with a bastion; having bastions.
• BULWARK
  A rampart; a fortification; a bastion or outwork. 2. That which secures against an enemy, or defends from attack; any means of defense or protection. The royal navy of England hath ever been its greatest defense, . . . the floating bulwark of our
• PARAPETALOUS
  Growing by the side of a petal, as a stamen.
• STRONGHOLD
  A fastness; a fort or fortress; fortfield place; a place of security.
• FORTRESS
  A fortified place; a large and permanent fortification, sometimes including a town; a fort; a castle; a stronghold; a place of defense or security. Syn. -- Fortress, Fortification, Castle, Citadel. A fortress is constructed for military purposes
• MOUND
  A ball or globe forming part of the regalia of an emperor or other sovereign. It is encircled with bands, enriched with precious stones, and surmounted with a cross; -- called also globe.
• CITADEL
  A fortress in or near a fortified city, commanding the city and fortifications, and intended as a final point of defense. Syn. - Stronghold. See Fortress.
• CONFIRMATION
  A rite supplemental to baptism, by which a person is admitted, through the laying on of the hands of a bishop, to the full privileges of the church, as in the Roman Catholic, the Episcopal Church, etc. This ordinance is called confirmation, because
• PALLADIUM
  Any statue of the goddess Pallas; esp., the famous statue on the preservation of which depended the safety of ancient Troy. 2. Hence: That which affords effectual protection or security; a sateguard; as, the trial by jury is the palladium of our
• FORTIFICATION
  1. The act of fortifying; the art or science of fortifying places in order to defend them against an enemy. 2. That which fortifies; especially, a work or works erected to defend a place against attack; a fortified place; a fortress; a fort; a
• PARAPET
  A low wall, especially one serving to protect the edge of a platform, roof, bridge, or the like. (more info) guard + petto the breast, L. pectus.
• PALLADIUMIZE
  To cover or coat with palladium.
• REFORTIFICATION
  A fortifying anew, or a second time. Mitford.
• DEMIBASTION
  A half bastion, or that part of a bastion consisting of one face and one flank.
• PUBLIC-SERVICE CORPORATION; QUASI-PUBLIC CORPORATION
  A corporation, such as a railroad company, lighting company, water company, etc., organized or chartered to follow a public calling or to render services more or less essential to the general public convenience or safety.
• QUASI CORPORATION
  A corporation consisting of a person or body of persons invested with some of the qualities of an artificial person, though not expressly incorporated, esp. the official of certain municipal divisions such as counties, schools districts, and the
• DISINCORPORATION
  Deprivation of the rights and privileges of a corporation. T. Warton.
• DEFENSE; DEFENCE
  The defendant's answer or plea; an opposing or denial of the truth or validity of the plaintiff's or prosecutor's case; the method of proceeding adopted by the defendant to protect himself against the plaintiff's action. 5. Act or skill in making