fortification
Building protective walls
Fortification is the act of strengthening something against attack, or the structure built for that purpose—walls, ramparts, trenches, bunkers.
Medieval castles were elaborate fortifications; modern ones are often concrete and steel.
The word extends to other kinds of strengthening: the fortification of flour with vitamins, or the fortification of wine with added alcohol.
The old fortifications still line the harbor.
Fortified defensive position
- rampartFortified defensive wall
- bulwarkDefensive fortification or safeguard
- citadelFortified urban stronghold
- parapetLow wall at edge
battlement · palisade · redoubt · stockade · bunker · garrison · entrenchment · barricade
Retain or fortified tower
- moatDefensive water ditch
- drawbridgeHinged castle entrance span
- turretProtruding fortified structure
- baileyCastle's enclosed courtyard
dungeon · portcullis · gatehouse · barbican · battlement · merlon · embrasure · crenelation
Decayed structural remains
- excavationAct of unearthing
- earthworkConstructed soil structure
- ditchShallow excavated channel
- rampartFortified defensive wall
enclosure · hillfort · motte · stone wall · dun · crannog · midden · terracing
Improvement through addition
- ironElement twenty-six
- calciumElement twenty, builds bones
- folic acidB-vitamin preventing birth defects
- vitamin DCalcium absorption enabler
B vitamins · iodine · zinc · niacin · thiamine · riboflavin · supplements · micronutrients
bastion
Fortified defensive position
- rampartFortified defensive wall
- bulwarkDefensive fortification or safeguard
- citadelFortified urban stronghold
parapet · battlement · palisade · redoubt · stockade · bunker · garrison · entrenchment · barricade · blockhouse
keep
Retain or fortified tower
- moatDefensive water ditch
- drawbridgeHinged castle entrance span
- turretProtruding fortified structure
bailey · dungeon · portcullis · gatehouse · barbican · battlement · merlon · embrasure · crenelation · loophole
ruins
Decayed structural remains
- excavationAct of unearthing
- earthworkConstructed soil structure
- ditchShallow excavated channel
rampart · enclosure · hillfort · motte · stone wall · dun · crannog · midden · terracing · ancient walls
enrichment
Improvement through addition
- ironElement twenty-six
- calciumElement twenty, builds bones
- folic acidB-vitamin preventing birth defects
vitamin D · B vitamins · iodine · zinc · niacin · thiamine · riboflavin · supplements · micronutrients · dietary
sherry
Fortified wine from Spain
vermouth · brandy · dessert wine · aperitif · digestif · sweetening · blending · aging · cask
- medieval warfareknights, siege warfare, castle, castle siege, siege
- defensedefense, defending, protecting, protection, security
- food processingcanning, freezing, drying, packaging, pasteurization
- Military Powerarmy, navy, air force, marines, troops
- nutrition termscalorie, high protein, balance, low-fat, low fat
- wartimerationing, war economy, war bonds, evacuations, war rationing
fortificationattack
Aggressive act against another
assault · offence · offense · aggression · invasion
fortificationweakening
Becoming less strong
demolition · erosion · deterioration · destruction · dismantling
fortificationdemolition
Deliberate structural destruction
destruction · dismantling · razing · leveling · breaching
- field fortificationsImprovised defensive military structures
- military fortificationsDefensive combat structures
- medieval fortificationsHistoric defensive structures
- border fortificationsMilitary structures guarding boundaries
- food fortificationAdding nutrients to staples
- castle fortificationsDefensive structures surrounding keeps