transcription, транскрипция: [ fɔ:(r)t ]
( forts)
1.
A fort is a strong building or a place with a wall or fence around it where soldiers can stay and be safe from the enemy.
N-COUNT ; N-IN-NAMES
2.
If you hold the fort for someone, or, in American English, if you hold down the fort , you look after things for them while they are somewhere else or are busy doing something else.
His business partner is holding the fort while he is away.
PHRASE : V inflects , oft PHR for n