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1. Castle
   A castle (from the Latin castellum, meaning fortress) is an edifice serving at once as a residence and as a place of defence, especially such an edifice belonging to feudal times. Castles differed somewhat at different times and in different places, but they had all several features of similarity. E...
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2. castle
   [n] - (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard 2. [n] - a large building formerly occupied by a ruler and fortified against attack 3. [n] - interchanging the positions of the king and a rook 4. [v] - mo...
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3. castle
   Fortified building or group of buildings, characteristic of medieval Europe. The castle was originally designed as a defensive fortification, but it also functioned as a residence for the royalty...
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4. castle
   a housing for a counter and the radioactive material for assay so designed as to reduce extraneous radiation Category: Nuclear industry (with applied atomic and nuclear physics)
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5. Castle
   Cas'tle noun [ Anglo-Saxon castel , from Latin castellum , dim. of castrum a fortified place, castle.] 1. A fortified residence, especially that of a prince or nobleman; a fortress. « The house of every one is to him <...
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6. Castle
   Cas'tle intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Castled ; present participle & verbal noun Castling .] (Chess) To move the castle to the square next to king, and then the kin...
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7. castle
   castling noun interchanging the positions of the king and a rook
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8. castle
   noun a large building formerly occupied by a ruler and fortified against attack
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9. castle
   verb move the king two squares toward a rook and in the same move the rook to the square next past the king
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10. castle
    noun (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard
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11. Castle
    • (n.) A small tower, as on a ship, or an elephant`s back. • (n.) Any strong, imposing, and stately mansion. • (n.) A fortified residence, especially that of a prince or nobleman; a fortress. • (v. i.) To move the castle to the square next to king, and then the king around the ca...
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12. castle
    medieval European stronghold, generally the residence of the king or lord of the territory in which it stands. The word is sometimes applied to ... [11 related articles]
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13. castle
    in ship construction, structure or area raised above the main deck for combat or work purposes. The name was derived from early similarities to ... [2 related articles]
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14. Castle
    Castle is a English girl name. The meaning of the name is `Castle` Castel,Castle The name Castle doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Castle seems to be unique!
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15. castle
    properly fortified military residence. Derived from the Latin castellum
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16. castle
    
    • a large and stately mansion
    • a large building formerly occupied by a ruler and fortified against attack
    • the chessman that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard
    • interchanging the positions of the king and a rook
    
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17. castle
    castle, type of fortified dwelling characteristic of the Middle Ages. Fortification of towns had been in practice since antiquity, but in the 9th cent. feudal lords began to develop the private fortress-residence known as the castle. It served the twofold function of residence and fortress because o...
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18. CASTLE
    Type: Term Pronunciation: kas′ĕl Definitions: 1. Acronym for carcinoma sharing thymuslike elements.
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19. Castle
    Type: Term Pronunciation: kas′ĕl Definitions: 1. William B., U.S. physician, 1897-1991. See: Castle intrinsic factor
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20. castle
    Click images to enlargeFortified building or group of buildings, characteristic of medieval Europe. The castle was originally designed as a defensive fortification, but it also functioned as a residence for the royalty and nobility, an administrative centre, and a place of safety for local people in times of invasion. In ...
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21. Castle
    :For a list of all castles, see List of castles. For similar but unrelated structures in Japan, see Japanese castle. A `castle` (from Latin castellum) is a type of fortified structure built in Europe and the Middle East during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars debate the s...
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22. Castle
    (disambiguation) `Castles` are fortified residences built in Europe and the Middle East in the Middle Ages. `Castle` or `Castles` may refer to: Structures: Places: Entertainment: Companies: Other uses: See also:
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23. Castle
    (novel) `Castle` is the second book in Garth Nix`s The Seventh Tower series, published in 2000 by Scholastic. The cover design and art are by Madalina Stefan and Steve Rawlings respectively. Plot: Tal and Milla make it from the shadowy `Dark World` to the titular castle, a seeming plac...
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24. Castle
    (book) `Castle` is a Caldecott Honor award-winning book<ref name=CaldecottWinners> --> by David Macaulay published in 1978. The book offers a detailed illustrated description of Aberwyvern castle, a fictional castle built between 1283 and 1288. Like many of Macaulay`s other works, i...
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25. Castle
    (card game) `Castle` is a card game designed by Bruno Faidutti and Serge Laget. Each player begins the game with a hand of cards and their own personal deck of cards from which they draw new ones (the number of cards in hand and deck depend upon the number of players in the game). It i...
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