fort
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a fortified military post where troops are stationed
Types & categories
- military post hypernym
- Fort Meade instance hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
gather in, or as if in, a fort, as for protection or defense
Types & categories
- forgather hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a fortified defensive structure
Types & categories
- defensive structure hypernym
- alcazar hyponym
- martello tower hyponym
- presidio hyponym
- sconce hyponym
- Alhambra instance hyponym
- Bastille instance hyponym
- Tower of London instance hyponym
- Machu Picchu instance hyponym
Parts & wholes
- crenelation part meronym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
enclose by or as if by a fortification
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- fortification derivation
- fortress derivation
- fort derivation
Sense 5 verb
station (troops) in a fort
Types & categories
- station hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | arm |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | garrison |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fort |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fort |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fort |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | military |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | military post |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Fort Meade |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | fortress |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | fort |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | forgather |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | fort |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | fort |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | fort |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | crenelation |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | defensive structure |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | alcazar |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | martello tower |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | presidio |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | sconce |
| 3 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Alhambra |
| 3 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Bastille |
| 3 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Tower of London |
| 3 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Machu Picchu |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | fortification |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | fortress |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | fort |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | inclose |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | trench |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | embattle |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | fortress |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | fort |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | station |