Fortress and Keep

Fortress

Fortress noun - A structure or place from which one can resist attack.

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Keep and fortress are semantically related. in fort topic. In some cases you can use "Keep" instead a noun "Fortress".

Nearby Word: fort

Keep noun - The act or activity of keeping something in an existing and usually satisfactory condition.

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Fortress and keep are semantically related. You can use "Fortress" instead a noun "Keep".

Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

human	human fortress	human keep
old	old fortress	old keep
full	full fortress	full keep
normal	normal fortress	normal keep
Other adjectives: complete, regular, original, single, small, massive, big, huge, ominous, main, important, private, nearby, guarded, floating, eponymous.

But for Dwarves, it's probably just because players have determined they're going to run a Nazi-fortress and only keep dwarves with blond hair or some other arbitrary physical characteristic.

Source: Community / Dwarf Fortress
One raises the drawbridge in order to repel a goblin invasion, the other opens the floodgates that keep your fortress from flooding with magma.

Source: Video Game / Dwarf Fortress
Hold the Line: The Arctic Wolves have to do this when Sombra's forces lay siege to their fortress of Aesir Pass, in order to keep them from advancing on Equestria.

Source: Fanfic / The God Empress of Ponykind

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