Fort Knox

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noun

a military reservation in N Kentucky, SSW of Louisville: location of U.S. federal gold depository since 1936.

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Words nearby Fort Knox

fortitude, fortitudinous, Fort Jackson, Fort Jefferson, Fort Kearney, Fort Knox, Fort Lamy, Fort Laramie, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Leavenworth, Fort Lee

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How to use Fort Knox in a sentence

This was also the year Duke University student Belle Knox put college girls on the map.
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And on Nov. 22, 1963, President Kennedy was offered an “Open Road” by the city of Fort Worth, as was its tradition.
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My choice is that it should be required reading by those who run the city of Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
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Vincent Fort, a state senator from Georgia, saw big differences between ALEC and SIX.
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America already has a cereal cafe, Cereality, which has a store in Virginia and at the Dallas Fort Worth airport.
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After an eight weeks' siege, a breach having been made, the city surrendered, and a month later the fort followed the example.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
The Mexican artillery soon laid a part of the fort in ruins.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
They soon retired, however, as the Fort was in danger of being attacked from another side.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
He had been wont to do this on other occasions, because the enemy with nine ships was within sight of the fort.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various
De l peu d'heures il mourut entre mes mains fort chrestiennement.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various

British Dictionary definitions for Fort Knox

Fort Knox

/ (nɒks) /

noun

a military reservation in N Kentucky: site of the US Gold Bullion Depository. Pop: 12 377 (2000)

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