garrison

garrison is a 8-letter English word with 8 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A body of troops stationed in a fort or fortified town. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A body of troops stationed in a fort or fortified town.
2. noun. A fortified place, in which troops are quartered for its security.
3. transitive verb. To place troops in, as a fortification, for its defense; to furnish with soldiers; as, to garrison a fort or town.
4. transitive verb. To secure or defend by fortresses manned with troops; as, to garrison a conquered territory.
5. noun. a fortified military post where troops are stationed

   Synonyms: fort

6. noun. the troops who maintain and guard a fortified place
7. noun. United States abolitionist who published an anti-slavery journal (1805-1879)
8. verb. station (troops) in a fort or garrison

Synonyms

fort

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in garrison:

roarings

Common word forms

garrisons, garrisoned, garrisoning

Words from these letters

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