English-Thai Dictionary

fortress

N ป้อมปราการ  ที่มั่น  fastness fort stronghold pom-pra-kan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FORTRESS

n. 1. Any fortified place; a fort; a castle; a strong hold; a place of defense or security. The English have a strong fortress on the rock of Gibraltar, or that rock is a fortress.
2. Defense; safety; security;
The Lord is my rock, and my fortress. Psalm 18:2.

 

FORTRESS

v.t.To furnish with fortresses; to guard; to fortify.

 

FORTRESSED

a.Defended by a fortress; protected; secured.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FORTRESS

For "tress, n.; pl. Fortresses. Etym: [F. forteresse, OF. forteresce,fortelesce, LL. foralitia, fr. L. fortis strong. See Fort, and cf. Fortalice. ]

 

Defn: 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 only, and is permanently garrisoned; a fortification is built to defend harbors, cities, etc. ;a castle is a fortress of early times which was ordinarily a palatial dwelling; a citadel is the stronghold of a fortress or city, etc.

 

FORTRESS

FORTRESS For "tress, v. t.

 

Defn: To furnish with a fortress or with fortresses; to guard; to fortify. Shak.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

fortress

for tress |ˈfôrtrəs ˈfɔrtrəs | ▶noun a military stronghold, esp. a strongly fortified town fit for a large garrison. • a heavily protected and impenetrable building. • figurative a person or thing not susceptible to outside influence or disturbance: he had proved himself to be a fortress of moral rectitude. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French forteresse ‘strong place, ’ based on Latin fortis ‘strong. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

fortress

fort |ress |ˈfɔːtrɪs | ▶noun a military stronghold, especially a strongly fortified town. • a person or thing not susceptible to outside influence or disturbance: he had proved himself to be a fortress of moral rectitude. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French forteresse ‘strong place ’, based on Latin fortis ‘strong ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

fortress

fortress noun the fortress fell into the hands of the French: fort, castle, citadel, blockhouse, stronghold, redoubt, fortification, bastion; fastness.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

fortress

fortress noun fort, castle, citadel, blockhouse, burg, keep, tower, donjon, turret, bunker; stronghold, redoubt, fortification, bastion; fastness; in Spain alcazar; rare hold, fortalice.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

fortress

for tress /fɔ́ː r trəs /名詞 複 ～es /-ɪz /C 1 要塞 （ようさい ）, 城塞 (!fortは壁で守られた兵隊の駐屯地; fortressは大規模な城または城郭都市 ) .2 堅固な場所 [建物 ]; (外的影響を受けにくい )心の堅固な人 ▸ (as ) solid as a fortress 要塞のように堅固な