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fort
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noun
(= garrison)
a fortified military post where troops are stationed
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noun
(= fortress)
a fortified defensive structure
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verb
station (troops) in a fort
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verb
gather in, or as if in, a fort, as for protection or defense
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verb
(= fortify)
enclose by or as if by a fortification
minor
Adjective
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A minor change, problem, injury, etc. is not very important.
We still have to make a few minor changes, but it's mostly done.
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A minor musical scale is a scale that starts two notes before the major scale. Music in a minor scale often sounds sad.
That music could be A minor or C major.
minor
Noun
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A minor is a subject area that is not the main study of a student at a college or university, but is their second most important focus.
I had so many credit hours of English, it became my minor.
minor
Verb
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Minor means to minor in a subject at a college or university.
I had so many credit hours of English that I decided to minor in it.