superfortress

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noun

A massive and heavily protected fortress.

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Meanings

nounsuperfortress (plural superfortresses)

plural superfortresses

  1. A massive and heavily protected fortress.
  2. A bomber aeroplane that is larger than and superior to by being technically advanced compared to the Boeing B-17 "flying fortress", specifically the Boeing B-29 long-range heavy bomber aeroplane that was developed during the early 1940s.

    These women flew fighter planes and B-29 superfortresses as test pilots as well as ferry pilots.

    1979 April 28, Mary A. Lowry, “Those Wonderful Women in Their Flying Machines (review)”, in Gay Community News, page 10

Origin

From super- + fortress.

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APA

superfortress. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superfortress

MLA

“superfortress.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superfortress. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “superfortress,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superfortress.

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