English > fortification: 3 senses > noun 1, artifact| Meaning | defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it. |
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| Synonym | munition |
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| Instances | Maginot Line | A fortification built before World War II to protect France's eastern border |
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| Siegfried line | German fortifications facing the Maginot Line |
| Parts | rampart, bulwark, wall | An embankment built around a space for defensive purposes |
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| Narrower | bastion | projecting part of a rampart or other fortification |
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| bunker, dugout | A fortification of earth |
| castle | A large building formerly occupied by a ruler and fortified against attack |
| defilade | The arrangement of defensive fortifications to protect against enemy / enemy fire |
| entrenchment, intrenchment | An entrenched fortification |
| escarpment, escarp, scarp, protective embankment | A steep artificial slope in front of a fortification |
| fieldwork | A temporary fortification built by troops in the field / field |
| lunette | temporary fortification like a detached bastion |
| palisade | fortification consisting of a strong fence made of stakes driven into the ground |
| parapet, breastwork | fortification consisting of a low wall |
| redoubt | (military) a temporary or supplementary fortification |
| stockade | fortification consisting of a fence made of a line of stout posts set firmly for defense |
| Broader | defensive structure, defense, defence | A structure used to defend against attack |
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| Spanish | fortificación |
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| Catalan | fortificació |
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| Verbs | fortify | enclose by or as if by a fortification |
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