Defenition of the word castle
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Defenition of the word castle
- Historical building or group of building used for defense by military forces, whose main structures are walls and towers.
- A piece of chess commonly shaped like a tower. Each player has two, and they move in straight horizontal or vertical lines across the board.
- a large building formerly occupied by a ruler and fortified against attack
- move the king two squares toward a rook and in the same move the rook to the square next past the king; in chess
- interchanging the positions of the king and a rook
- the chessman that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard
- a large and stately mansion
- (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard
- move the king two squares toward a rook and in the same move the rook to the square next past the king
Synonyms for the word castle
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- castling
- fortress
- keep
- palace
- rook
Meronymys for the word castle
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- donjon
- dungeon
- great hall
- keep
- turret
Hyponyms for the word castle
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- Balmoral Castle
- Buckingham Palace
Hypernyms for the word castle
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- chess move
- chess piece
- chessman
- fortification
- go
- hall
- manse
- mansion
- mansion house
- move
- munition
- residence
- surname
Idioms for the word castle
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- ice castle
- king of the castle
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