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(n)
Official residence of a head of state or other dignitary, especially in a monarchical or imperial governmental system.
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(chess) A piece shaped like a castle tower, that can be moved only up, down, left or right (but not diagonally) or in castling.
A strong fortress that sits high above a city.
A fortified defensive structure stationed with troops.
(figuratively) A person, group, or thing, that strongly defends some principle.
A large meeting room.
An estate where wine is produced and often bottled, especially in Bordeaux.
Alternative spelling of château. [A French castle, fortress, manor house, or large country house.]
A structure built or serving as an abode of human beings.
A large luxurious house or building, usually built for the wealthy.
A landed estate.
A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back, but also a load for an animal, a bale.
A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.
A journey through a particular building, estate, country, etc.
Anything made by combining several things.
A large settlement, bigger than a town; sometimes with a specific legal definition, depending on the place.
Any very tall building or structure; skyscraper.
Burgundy wine.
(adj)
Full of danger.
Any backgammon-like board game, played on a board with two rows of 12 vertical markings called "points".
The Athenian Acropolis. (Compare acropolis.)
A palace or castle in Middle Eastern countries.
The edible nut of the tree.
No particular place, noplace.
(figuratively) A person's ability to distinguish between and appreciate different flavors.
A municipality of San Marino.
An independent city in northern Hesse, central Germany.
A town, the county seat of Carteret County, North Carolina, United States.
A surname from Sanskrit.
A habitational surname from Spanish, from Spanish castillo (“castle”).
A neighborhood of San Francisco, California, known for its LGBT community.
A surname from Galician.
a palace
(v)
(transitive) To continue in (a course or mode of action); to not intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain.
A place built to withstand attack; a fortress.
(historical) A small Roman detached fort or fortlet used as a watch tower or signal station.
A large, palatial urban building in Italy.
The fortified tower and main residence of a motte or early castle; a keep.
A place of safety or refuge.
(uncountable) The quality or state of being fast (in various senses).
(transitive) To grasp or grip.
A defense or safeguard.
A surname from German.
A surname.
A lodge besides the entrance to an estate; often the residence of a gatekeeper; also a dwelling formerly used as such a residence.
(archaic) A small fortress.
Alternative form of manor house. [(UK) The main house on a landed estate.]
(chiefly historical) The governor or caretaker entrusted to oversee a castle or keep for its lord.
A female member of a royal family other than a queen, especially a daughter or granddaughter of a monarch.
(modern) A person on whom a knighthood has been conferred by a monarch.
A hinged bridge which can be raised (to prevent its being crossed, as across a moat, or to allow watercraft to travel beneath it).
An observation tower in which a lookout keeps watch over prisoners, or looks out for fires, etc.
A residence for monks or others who have taken religious vows.
A tower at the entrance to a castle or fortified town.
The (male) ruler or head of a principality.
Obsolete spelling of palace. [Official residence of a head of state or other dignitary, especially in a monarchical or imperial governmental system.]
Resembling a castle
A gate in the form of a grating which is lowered into place at the gateway of a castle, a fort, etc.
(historical) Among the Ancient Romans, a building or plot of land used as a military defensive position.
A realm having a king or queen as its actual or nominal sovereign.
(N)
the remains of a civilization's architecture.
An area, open to the sky, partially or wholly surrounded by walls or buildings.
A permanent military post.
(especially Christianity) A place of worship, smaller than or subordinate to a church.
Someone living in the Middle Ages.
An underground prison or vault, typically built underneath a castle.
A monastery or convent governed by a prior or prioress.
A human tower formed in festivals in Catalonia.
A station for guards, especially at the entrance of a town, castle, etc.
A Carthusian monastery.
A rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town.
A tower or other structure exhibiting a light or lights to warn or guide sailors.
A covered walk with an open colonnade on one side, running along the walls of buildings that surround a quadrangle; especially:
A venue for performing plays.
The peak or crest of a hill.
The act of fortifying; the art or science of fortifying places to strengthen defence against an enemy.
An area of land set aside for environment preservation or recreation.
A deep, wide defensive ditch, normally filled with water, surrounding a fortified habitation.
Castle-like: built or shaped like a castle; usually, specifically, having castellations (crenellations).
Obsolete form of garrison. [A permanent military post.]
Alternative spelling of fairy tale. [A folktale or literary story featuring fairies or similar fantasy characters.]
A walled community of small houses occupied by the Beguines.
A large, naturally-occurring cavity formed underground or in the face of a cliff or a hillside.
A room used by soldiers when on guard.
Surrounded with a moat
The wife of a count or earl.
(countable) A closed structure with walls and a roof.