Definitions for fortification

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fortification for·ti·fi·ca·tion

Spelling: [fawr-tuh-fi-key-shuh n]

IPA: /ˌfɔr tə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən/

Fortification is a 13 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 21 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 23 points.

You can make 551 anagrams from letters in fortification (acffiiinoortt).

Definitions for fortification

noun

1. the act of fortifying or strengthening.
2. something that fortifies or protects.
3. the art or science of constructing defensive military works.
4. Often, fortifications. military works constructed for the purpose of strengthening a position; a fort:
5. a strengthening or improvement, as by addition of or intensification with another ingredient:

Origin of fortification

1400-50; late Middle English Late Latin fortificātiōn- (stem of fortificātiō), equivalent to fortificāt(us) fortified (see fortify, Examples for fortification

He purchased and studied works on fortification and military strategy.

On an eminence not far from the fort, the Ottawas erected a fortification.

"That is the governor's fortification," replied the rifleman.

On the top of the largest, there was something resembling a fortification.

It was an enormous labor to construct this fortification in the dead of winter.

The first unambiguous evidence of fortification walls dates from around 4300 BC in what is now Turkey.

Instruction of the British farmer begins with the fortification of his will by confidence.

In July this year, a government inspection warned of “failure of fortification work” and fined the company.

The palace is extensive, paled round with a sort of a fortification.

For what was to come he required the fortification of dinner.