Fort Knox

English

Etymology

Named after Henry Knox, the Continental Army's chief of artillery during the Revolutionary War and the country's first Secretary of War.

Proper noun

Fort Knox

  1. A United States Army base located in Kentucky, U.S.A.
  2. The United States Bullion Depository, a vault where gold reserves are stored.
  3. (idiomatic) A place which is very difficult to get into.
    The investigators tried their hardest to get the suspect to talk but his mind was like Fort Knox.
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