star fort
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- noun
- Specialized
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fortaleza estrellada
- The Castle of Good Hope is a star fort built in the 17th century in Cape Town, South Africa.
Examples
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Fort Bourtange is a star fort located in the village of Bourtange, Groningen, Netherlands.
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Fort Independence is a granite star fort that provided harbor defenses for Boston, Massachusetts.
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Fortress: star fort surrounding the town of Palmanova in Italy.
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Naarden is an example of a star fort, complete with fortified walls and a moat.
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The Castle of Good Hope is a star fort built in the 17th century in Cape Town, South Africa.
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Naarden is an example of a star fort, complete with fortified walls and a moat.
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Fort Independence is a granite star fort that provided harbor defenses for Boston, Massachusetts.
Synonyms
A fort with triangular walls pointing outwards that form a star shape to protect it
A fortress with pointed outer walls like a star so defenders can fire on attackers from many directions
A type of fortress design with many triangular outer walls that let defenders' guns cover each other
A fort with triangular walls that stick out so defenders can cover all sides
How Fortified
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is transparently built from 'star' (a pointed/star-shaped figure) + 'fort' (a fortified place), so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer it denotes a fort with a star-like shape. The technical details about bastions and historical development are specialized, but the core spatial/shape meaning is directly compositional and cross-linguistically obvious.
Etymology
Star fort comes from the fort's star-like shape: pointed walls and towers that stick out so each point can protect the next and make the fort harder for enemies and cannon attacks to hit. That's why the name means 'a fort built in a star shape'.