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Similar words: forte · forth · forty · fart · font · foot · for · ford · fore · fork
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fort

1 noun MILdún masc1  c m u 2 noun ARCHEOLdúnfort masc1  c m uráth masc3  c m u
phrases

to hold the fort

(also

to hold down the fort

) I was left to hold the fort fágadh i bhfeighil an tí mé, fágadh mise sa bhearna bhaoil

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  • fairy fort

Phrases and Examples in other entries

  • fragmentary »
    fragmentary remains of a fort smionagar dúin, iarsmaí dúin
  • indefensible »
    the fort was indefensible ní fhéadfaí an dún a chosaint, bhí an dún dochosanta
  • lie1 »
    the fort lies to the west of the village tá an dún ar an taobh thiar den sráidbhaile
  • popularly »
    they're popularly called fairy forts liosanna sí a thugtar orthu go coitianta
  • progress »
    we progressed along the beach to the fort chuamar trasna na trá go dtí an dún
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