fortification
Use Fortification in a sentence
tə noun
1.
the act of fortifying or strengthening.
2.
something that fortifies or protects.
3.
the art or science of constructing defensive military works.
4.
Often, fortifications. military works constructed for the purpose of strengthening a position; a fort: Supposedly impregnable, the fortifications were quickly overrun.
5.
a strengthening or improvement, as by addition of or intensification with another ingredient: the fortification of milk with vitamin D; the fortification of wine with alcohol.
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| —n | |
| 1. | the act, art, or science of fortifying or strengthening |
| 2. | a. a wall, mound, etc, used to fortify a place |
| b. such works collectively | |
| 3. | any place that can be militarily defended |
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Word Origin & History
fortification
early 15c., strengthening, also defensive earthworks, tower, from M.Fr. fortification, from L.L. fortificationem (nom. fortificatio), from fortificare (see fortify).
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Example sentences
The final fortification is a cheese sauce poured over the flour tortilla jacket.
Old maps and drawings show a military fortification with a stone tower at about the same location.
If a breakfast cereal has metallic iron, it maybe comes from a contamination source, not from a fortification compound.
She deplores the changed role of fortification from a public-health measure to a sales gimmick.
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