Definitions for fortifications

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fortifications for·ti·fi·ca·tion

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

IPA: /ˌfɔr tə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən/

Fortifications is a 14 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 21 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 23 points.

You can make 1102 anagrams from letters in fortifications (acffiiinoorstt).

Definitions for fortifications

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 fortifications

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

He purchased and studied works on fortification and military strategy.

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