Definition of Castle

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Castle

A fortified residence, especially that of a prince or nobleman; a fortress.

Any strong, imposing, and stately mansion.

A small tower, as on a ship, or an elephant's back.

A piece, made to represent a castle, used in the game of chess; a rook.

To move the castle to the square next to king, and then the king around the castle to the square next beyond it, for the purpose of covering the king.

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Castle Quotations

There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds.
Gilbert K. Chesterton

Simply by not owning three medium-sized castles in Tuscany I have saved enough money in the last forty years on insurance premiums alone to buy a medium-sized castle in Tuscany.
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Well, you know, if you do 200 shows a year, they're not all going to be like Castle Donnington.
Sebastian Bach

Thus the castle of each feudal chieftain became a school of chivalry, into which any noble youth, whose parents were from poverty unable to educate him to the art of war, was readily received.
Horatio Alger

It's very homely, this castle. It doesn't have huge ballrooms. I didn't want a cold, cavernous place.
Enya

A man's home may seem to be his castle on the outside; inside is more often his nursery.
Clare Boothe Luce

Our castle is not imposing, but is well built, and surrounded by a very fine garden. I live in the bailiff's house.
Franz Schubert

When I portray Stabler, I have to shave every day and cut my hair every week! And then, I really like to change my looks for films like 'Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle' where I have the pleasure of playing the ugliest man in the world.
Christopher Meloni

The original fairy tale was about the youngest sister going into a room in the castle and finding all the bodies of the wives that came before her - she is confronted with truth, thinking about how often we think we know people and we really don't.
Alice Hoffman

There's about 260 rooms in the new castle which you go through, but it's all about the game play.
Don Bluth

Castle Translations

castle in Afrikaans is kasteel, toring
castle in Dutch is slot, plecht, kasteel, burcht
castle in Finnish is torni
castle in Italian is torre, castello
castle in Norwegian is slott
castle in Portuguese is castelo, torre
castle in Spanish is castillo, torre
castle in Swedish is slott, slott, borg, borg

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