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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
fortification
1. defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it (Freq. 1) • Syn: munition • Derivationally related forms: fortify • Hypernyms: defensive structure, defense, defence • Hyponyms: bastion, bunker, dugout, castle, defilade, entrenchment, intrenchment, escarpment, escarp, scarp, protective embankment, protective embankment, lunette, palisade, parapet, breastwork, redoubt, stockade • Instance Hyponyms: Maginot Line, Siegfried line • Part Meronyms: rampart, bulwark, wall 2. the art or science of strengthening defenses • Derivationally related forms: fortify • Hypernyms: art, artistry, prowess 3. the addition of an ingredient for the purpose of enrichment (as the addition of alcohol to wine or the addition of vitamins to food) • Derivationally related forms: fortify • Hypernyms: enrichment
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