Синонимы к слову castle

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1. castle

   Fortification is the general word for any artificial defensive work; a fortress is a fortification of especial size and strength; a fortress is regarded as permanent, and is ordinarily an independent work; a fort or fortification may be temporary; a fortification may be but part of a defensive system; we speak of the fortifications of a city. A citadel is a fortification within a city, or the fortified inner part of a city or fortress, within which a garrison may be placed to overawe the citizens, or to which the defenders may retire if the outer works are captured; the medieval castle was the fortified residence of a king or baron. Fort is the common military term for a detached fortified building or enclosure of moderate size occupied or designed to be occupied by troops. The fortifications of a modern city usually consist of a chain of forts. Any defensible place, whether made so by nature or by art, is a fastness or stronghold.

   Synonyms:
   citadel, fastness, fort, fortification, fortress, stronghold

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1. palace, castlenoun

   a large and stately mansion

   Synonyms:
   castling, rook, palace

2. castlenoun

   a large building formerly occupied by a ruler and fortified against attack

   Synonyms:
   castling, rook, palace

3. castle, rooknoun

   (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard

   Synonyms:
   castling, rook, palace

4. castle, castlingverb

   interchanging the positions of the king and a rook

   Synonyms:
   castling, rook, palace

5. castleverb

   move the king two squares toward a rook and in the same move the rook to the square next past the king

Matched Categories

1. • Chess
   • Fortification
   • Mansion
   • Move

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1. List of paraphrases for «castle»:

   château, castillo, castelo, castello, qal’at, tower, citadel, mansion, qala, qalat, pili

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How to use castle in a sentence?

1. Alexander Chase:

   A man’s home is his wife’s castle.

2. Mark Durkan:

   This is a tremendously exciting historical development, traces of buildings were unearthed close to the cliffs upon which the castle was built. These buildings most likely formed a small settlement, just outside the original castle gate.

3. Clare Boothe Luce:

   A man’s home may seem to be his castle on the outside; inside, it is more often his nursery.

4. Nicholas Saunders:

   Identities were complex in the medieval period, and the story of Borkovský and the Prague Castle warrior grave reminds us that the identities of such past people frequently fuel modern political conflicts.

5. G.K. Chesterton:

   There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds

• kasteelAfrikaans
• برج, قلعةArabic
• qala, qəsrAzerbaijani
• замакBelarusian
• замък, правя рокадаBulgarian
• kastell, kestellBreton
• castellCatalan, Valencian
• hradCzech
• castell, caerWelsh
• slot, rokere, borg, herregårdDanish
• rochieren, Schloss, Burg, FestungGerman
• κάστροGreek
• kasteloEsperanto
• castro, castillo, enrocarseSpanish
• linnus, kindlusEstonian
• gazteluBasque
• دژ, قلعه, برجPersian
• tornittaa, linnaFinnish
• château, roquer, château-fortFrench
• kastiel, slotWestern Frisian
• caisleánIrish
• caistealScottish Gaelic
• casteloGalician
• טירהHebrew
• क़िला, गढ़, दुर्गHindi
• sáncol, vár, kastélyHungarian
• ամրոց, դղյակArmenian
• castelloInterlingua
• kastil, puriIndonesian
• kastelo, roquarIdo
• hrókera, kastali, borg, virkiIcelandic
• castelloItalian
• טִירָהHebrew
• 城郭, 城Japanese
• ციხე-დარბაზი, კოშკიGeorgian
• қамалKazakh
• ប្រាសាទ, វិមានKhmer
• ಕೋಟೆKannada
• 성, 城郭, 城, 성곽Korean
• keleh, قه‌ڵا, kelKurdish
• castellum, castrumLatin
• Schlass, Buerg, FestungLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
• ປາງLao
• pilisLithuanian
• pilsLatvian
• замокMacedonian
• цайзMongolian
• दुर्ग, गड, किल्लाMarathi
• kastil, istanaMalay
• kastellMaltese
• ရဲတိုက်Burmese
• fort, kasteel, rokeren, burcht, slotDutch
• borgNorwegian
• castèlOccitan
• zamekPolish
• castelo, rocarPortuguese
• castel, face rocadăRomanian
• рокирова́ться, за́мокRussian
• दुर्गSanskrit
• дворац, dvoracSerbo-Croatian
• hradSlovak
• grad, rokiratiSlovene
• kala, kështjellëAlbanian
• borg, befästning, slott, rockera, fästningSwedish
• కోటTelugu
• қалъаTajik
• ปราสาทThai
• kastilyoTagalog
• şato, kaleTurkish
• за́мокUkrainian
• گڑھ, درگ, قلعہUrdu
• qal’a, qasrUzbek
• lâu đài, thành trì, tòa thànhVietnamese
• kasedVolapük
• tchesteaWalloon
• 城堡Chinese

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