star fortress
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.75 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
n
a fortification composed of many projecting triangular bastions (usually from five to eight), specifically designed to cover each other; first seen in the mid-15th century in Italy.
Example Sentences
- "{'source': 'https://en.wikipedia.org', 'text': 'Star forts were employed by Michelangelo in the defensive earthworks of Florence, and refined in the sixteenth century by Baldassare Peruzzi and Scamozzi.'}"