fortification

Other forms of fortification

plural

fortifications·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about fortification

What does fortification mean?

fortification means "defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in fortification?

fortification has 5 syllables: for-ti-fi-ca-tion. The stress falls on "ca". In IPA it is /ˌfɔɹtəfəˈkeɪʃən/.

What is another word for fortification?

Close synonyms include munition. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fortification a common word?

fortification is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with fortification?

104 words rhyme with fortification. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.