Castle

Noun

 * 1) A large building that is fortified and contains many defences; in previous ages often inhabited by a nobleman or king.
 * 2) A chess piece shaped like a castle tower which is also called a rook.

Verb

 * 1)  To perform the move of castling.

Adjectives for Castle
ruined; haughty; baronial; ancient; Moorish; huge; grim; serviceable; razed; shimmering; inconvenient; ancestral; dream; medieval; moated; fairy; grandiose; princely; formidable; bastioned; ruined; cloud; stuccoed; enchanted; moldering; stupendous.

Verbs for Castle
abide in—; assail—; bar—; besiege—; dominate—; dwell in—; fly to—; force—; ransack—; sack—; storm—; undermine—; —crumbles; —decays; —quakes; —shadows; —topples; —yields.

Synonyms for Castle

 * fortress, keep
 * rook

Derived terms
castellated; castles in the air; ice castle; king of the castle; sandcastle;

Thesaurus
palatial residence, palazzo, strong point, stronghold, tower, tower of strength, villa, ward, acropolis, bastion, beachhead, bishop, blockhouse, bridgehead, bunker, chateau, chessman, citadel, court, donjon, fasthold, fastness, fort, fortress, garrison, garrison house, hall, hold, keep, king, knight, man, manor, mansion, martello, martello tower, mote, motte, palace, palais,

Etymology
castel:, variant of chastel: < castellum: from castrum:. Compare to casa:, and English casino:.

Pronunciation

 * ,, {{SAMPA|/"k{s@l/}}
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 * ,, {{SAMPA|/"k{s@l/}}

Noun

 * Afrikaans:
 * Ancient Greek:
 * Anglo-Norman: ,
 * Armenian: ,
 * Breton:, kestell
 * Bulgarian:, крепост
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 城堡
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:, ; herregård
 * Dutch:, , ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:, kindlus
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Georgian:
 * German:, , Schloss
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Interlingua:
 * Irish: caisleán
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Kazakh: қамал
 * Korean:, 성곽
 * Kurdish: قه‌ڵا


 * Latin: ,
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Luxembourgish: Schlass, Buerg, Festung
 * Macedonian:
 * Maltese:
 * Marathi:, दुर्ग, गड
 * Mongolian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Occitan:
 * Old French: ,
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romani:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Sanskrit: दुर्ग
 * Scots:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian: замaк, zamak
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:, , befästning, fästning
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: замок
 * Volapük:
 * Walloon:
 * Welsh: ,
 * West Frisian: kastiel,
 * West Frisian: kastiel,

Verb

 * Bulgarian: правя рокада
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:


 * Hungarian: sáncol
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido: roquar
 * Slovene: rokirati
 * Spanish: enrocarse
 * Swedish:

Anagrams

 * cleats
 * sclate