English > fortress: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact| Meaning | A fortified defensive structure. |
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| Synonym | fort |
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| Instances | Alhambra | A fortified Moorish palace built near Granada by Muslim kings in the Middle Ages |
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| Bastille | A fortress built in Paris in the 14th century and used as a prison in the 17th and 18th centuries |
| Machu Picchu | Inca fortress city in the Andes in Peru discovered in 1911 |
| Tower of London | A fortress in London on the Thames |
| Parts | battlement, crenelation, crenellation | A rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps / gaps for firing arrows or guns |
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| Narrower | alcazar | Any of various Spanish fortresses or palaces built by the Moors |
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| martello tower | A circular masonry fort for coastal defence |
| presidio | A fortress established in the southwestern United States by the Spanish in order to protect their missions and other holdings |
| sconce | A small fort or earthwork defending a ford, pass, or castle gate |
| Broader | defensive structure, defense, defence | A structure used to defend against attack |
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| Spanish | alcázar, fortaleza, fuerte |
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| Catalan | fortalesa, fortificació, fort |
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