noun
a city in northeastern Texas (just to the west of Dallas); a major industrial center (Freq. 2)
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑city, ↑metropolis, ↑urban center
• Part Holonyms: ↑Texas, ↑Lone-Star State, ↑TX
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adjectiveUsage: usually capitalized F&W
Etymology: from Forth Worth, Tex.
: of or from the city of Forth Worth, Texas
the Fort Worth stockyards
: of the kind or style prevalent in Fort Worth
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a city in N Texas. 385,141.
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[wərTH]a city in northern Texas, on the Trinity River, west of Dallas; pop. 534,694
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Fort Worth [Fort Worth]
a city in the US state of ↑Texas. It is very close to ↑Dallas, and the Dallas-Fort Worth Airport is one of the largest in the world. Fort Worth contains the Texas Christian University, the Kimball Art Museum and the Cattleman’s Museum, and its opera house and orchestra are well known. It is a centre for the oil, gas, electronics and aircraft industries. It was settled in 1843 and soon became the last stop for ↑cattle being moved to ↑Kansas.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.