- bastioned: secured with bastions or fortifications
- having something added to increase the strength; "fortified wine"
- (fortification) defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it
- (fortification) the art or science of strengthening defenses
- (fortification) the addition of an ingredient for the purpose of enrichment (as the addition of alcohol to wine or the addition of vitamins to food)
- (fortify) strengthen: make strong or stronger; "This exercise will strengthen your upper body"; "strengthen the relations between the two countries"
- Fortified wine is wine to which a distilled beverage (usually brandy) has been added.Lichine, Alexis. Alexis Lichine’s New Encyclopedia of Wines & Spirits, 5th edition (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987), 236. ...
- Fortifications are military constructions and buildings designed for defence in warfare and military bases. Humans have constructed defensive works for many thousands of years, in a variety of increasingly complex designs. The term is derived from the Latin fortis ("strong") and facere ("to make").
- (Fortify (software)) Fortify Software is a San Mateo, California-based software vendor. The company was founded in 2003 and provides products that identify and remove security vulnerabilities from software applications. , PCWorld.com, April 5, 2004 , Internetnews. ...
- (fortify) To increase the defenses of; To impart strength or vigor to; To increase the effectiveness of, as by additional ingredients; To strengthen mentally or morally
- (Fortification) The addition of alcohol (usually grape spirit) to a fermenting wine (or after fermentation in the case of sherry) to arrest further fermentation, by inhibiting the yeast's ability to convert sugar to alcohol. ...
- (Fortification) This is the process of adding spirit to a wine before the completion of fermentation
- (Fortification) Something that makes a defensive position stronger, like high mounds of earth to protect cannon or spiky breastworks to slow an enemy charge. Fortifications may be man-made structures or a part of the natural terrain. ...
- (Fortification) The act of chucking in things like brandy and vodka. Motives for doing this are generally questionable, but can be justified with experienced bluffing, e.g by calling it blending.
- (Fortification) The adding of alcohol to a wine so as to increase its strength. Usually only vodka or Polish spirit are used since they do not affect the flavour of the wine.
- (Fortification) The mixing of wine or made-wine with spirits in accordance with sections 57 or 58 of the Alcoholic Liquor Duties Act 1979.
- (Fortification) The process whereby alcohol is added to natural wine to raise its alcohol content, resulting in fortified wines. Port, Sherry and Muscadels are examples of fortified wines.
- (Fortification) earthen works or other structures erected to defend a place or position.
- (Fortification) is a process by which nutrients are added to foods in order to deliver higher nutritional value than the food has in its natural state.
- (Fortification) the art of building works for defense or attack which, through their form and construction, enabled their occupants to resist for a considerable length of time assaults by superior forces.
- (fortification) Adding extra nutrients to food or drink during the manufacturing process.
- (fortification) The technical term for stripes of color in chalcedony.
- (fortification) buildings designed to keep enemies away, such as a castle
- (Fortifications) Avignon is still encircled by the ramparts built by its popes in the fourteenth century, one of the finest examples of medieval fortification in existence. ...
- (FORTIFY) To strengthen one’s position by building barricades with wood, stone, or dirt