fortification
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it
Types & categories
- defensive structure hypernym
- bastion hyponym
- bunker hyponym
- castle hyponym
- defilade hyponym
- entrenchment hyponym
- escarp hyponym
- fieldwork hyponym
- lunette hyponym
- palisade hyponym
- breastwork hyponym
- redoubt hyponym
- stockade hyponym
- Maginot Line instance hyponym
- Siegfried line instance hyponym
Parts & wholes
- bulwark part meronym
Related & opposite
- fort derivation
Sense 2 noun
the art or science of strengthening defenses
Types & categories
- artistry hypernym
Related & opposite
- strengthen derivation
- arm derivation
Sense 3 noun
the addition of an ingredient for the purpose of enrichment (as the addition of alcohol to wine or the addition of vitamins to food)
Types & categories
- enrichment hypernym
Related & opposite
- strengthen derivation
- lace derivation
- fortify derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fort |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | bulwark |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | defensive structure |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bastion |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bunker |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | castle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | defilade |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | entrenchment |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | escarp |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fieldwork |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | lunette |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | palisade |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | breastwork |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | redoubt |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | stockade |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Maginot Line |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Siegfried line |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | strengthen |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | arm |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | artistry |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | strengthen |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | lace |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | fortify |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | enrichment |