Meaning

8 senses

  1. A large residential building or compound that is fortified and contains many defences; in previous ages often inhabited by a nobleman or king. Also, a house or mansion with some of the architectural features of medieval castles.

    Burg, Festung, Schloss

    за́мокzámok

    за́мокzámok

  2. An instance of castling.

  3. (informal)A rook; a chess piece shaped like a castle tower.

  4. A defense structure in shogi formed by defensive pieces surrounding the king.

  5. (dated)Any strong, imposing, and stately palace or mansion.

    a large and stately mansion

  6. (dated)A small tower, as on a ship, or an elephant's back.

  7. (colloquial)The wicket.

  8. (obsolete)A close helmet.

Examples

528 sentences

  1. People ran out of the castle.

    Люди вибігли з замку. — deniko

    deMenschen rannten aus dem Schloss. — Naina

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  2. What's your favorite castle in Japan?

    Який ваш улюблений замок у Японії? — deniko

    ruКакой твой любимый замок в Японии? — odexed

    deWelches japanische Schloss gefällt dir am besten? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. We saw a castle in the distance.

    Ми побачили вдалині замок. — deniko

    ruМы увидели вдали замок. — Hellerick

    deIn der Ferne sahen wir ein Schloss. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. The old castle stands on the hill.

    Старовинний замок стоїть на пагорбі. — deniko

    ruСтарый замок стоит на холме. — odexed

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  5. There was a castle here many years ago.

    Багато років тому тут був замок. — Ostrovska

    ruЗдесь был замок много лет тому назад. — Balamax

    deVor vielen Jahren gab es hier eine Burg. — Hans_Adler

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
fortified building:
Русский
By meaning 1
fortified building:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
fortified building:

Origin

From Middle English castle, castel, from late Old English castel, castell (“a town, villag

From Middle English castle, castel, from late Old English castel, castell (“a town, village”), borrowed from Late Latin castellum (“small camp, fort”), diminutive of Latin castrum (“camp, fort, citadel, stronghold”). Doublet of cashel, castell, castellum, and château.

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Forms

plural: castles
Singularcastle
Pluralcastles

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
building:fortress
Close in meaning
  • interchanging the positions of the king and a rook:castling
  • (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard:rook
  • a large and stately mansion:palace

Word family

45 related words
Relatedcastellcastellancastellarcastellatecastellatedcastellationcastellum
Derivedaftcastleair castlebecastledbouncing castlebouncy castlecastlebuildercastlebuildingcastle doctrinecastlefulcastle-guardcastlelesscastlelikecastle nutcastle puddingcastletcastle thundercastlettecastlewardcastle-wickcastlewisecastle-workcastlewrightcat-castlecounter-castle

Collocations

7 patterns
  • sand castle
  • an old castle
  • visit the castle
  • old castle
  • the castle is
  • be a castle
  • to the castle

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
castedcastigatecastingcastratecasualB1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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