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adj
Castle-like: built or shaped like a castle; usually, specifically, having castellations (crenellations).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: crenellated
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Having grooves or recesses on an upper face.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
Synonyms: crenellated
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Castled: having or furnished with castles.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Housed or kept in a castle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Synonym of enclosed, when used for fountains, cisterns, &c.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: enclosed, when used for fountains, cisterns, &c
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
having or resembling repeated square indentations like those in a battlement
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: embattled, battlemented, castled
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Medieval Latin castellātus (“fortified, castellate”) + -ed (forming past participles). Equivalent to the past participle of castellate but attested earlier than other uses of the verb.
From Medieval Latin castellum (“cistern”).
