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1. (n.) castle
a fortified, usu. walled residence, as of a prince or noble in feudal times.
2. castle
the chief and strongest part of the fortifications of a medieval city.
3. castle
a strongly fortified, permanently garrisoned stronghold.
4. castle
a large and stately residence, esp. one that imitates the forms of a medieval castle.
5. castle
any place providing security and privacy.
6. castle
Chess. the rook.
7. (v.t.) castle
to place or enclose in or as if in a castle.
8. castle
Chess. to move (the king) in castling.
9. (v.i. Chess.) castle
to move the king two squares horizontally and bring the appropriate rook to the square the king has passed over.
10. castle
(of the king) to be moved in this manner.
Etymology: (bef. 1000; OE castel < L castellum fortified settlement, fortress &indirdesc;*castrelom=castr(a) fortified camp +*-elom (dim. suffix); see -ule, -elle)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) palace, castle
a large and stately mansion
2. (noun) castle
a large building formerly occupied by a ruler and fortified against attack
3. (noun) castle, rook
(chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard
4. (verb) castle, castling
interchanging the positions of the king and a rook
5. (verb) castle
move the king two squares toward a rook and in the same move the rook to the square next past the king
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1. (noun) castle
a large stone building where kings, noblemen, etc., lived in the past
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) castle
a fortified residence, especially that of a prince or nobleman; a fortress
2. (noun) castle
any strong, imposing, and stately mansion
3. (noun) castle
a small tower, as on a ship, or an elephant's back
4. (noun) castle
a piece, made to represent a castle, used in the game of chess; a rook
5. (verb) castle
to move the castle to the square next to king, and then the king around the castle to the square next beyond it, for the purpose of covering the king
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Sense: a large building strengthened against attack
the Norman castles of England and Wales; Windsor Castle.
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 Afrikaans: kasteel |
 Arabic: قَلْعَه، حِصْن |
 Bulgarian: замък |
 Brazilian: castelo |
 Czech: zámek, hrad |
 German: die Burg |
 Danish: slot |
 Greek: κάστρο |
 Spanish: castillo |
 Estonian: loss |
 Farsi: دژ؛ قلعه |
 Finnish: linna |
 French: château |
 Hebrew: טִירָה |
 Hindi: दुर्ग |
 Croatian: tvrđava, kula |
 Hungarian: vár |
 Indonesian: puri |
 Icelandic: kastali |
 Italian: castello |
 Japanese: 城 |
 Korean: 성 |
 Lithuanian: pilis |
 Latvian: pils |
 Malay: istana |
 Dutch: kasteel |
 Norwegian: borg, slott |
 Polish: zamek |
 Persian: دژ؛ قلعه |
 Pashto: حصار،كلا: (شطرنج)، رخ كلا |
 Portuguese: castelo |
 Romanian: castel |
 Russian: замок |
 Slovak: hrad, zámok |
 Slovenian: grad |
 Serbian: zamak |
 Swedish: slott, borg, kastell |
 Thai: ปราสาท |
 Turkish: şato, kale, hisar |
 Taiwanese: 城堡 |
 Ukrainian: замок |
 Urdu: محل |
 Vietnamese: lâu đài |
 Chinese: 城堡 |
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