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| 1. | [ noun ] (housing) a large and stately mansion | |
| Synonyms: | palace | |
| Related terms: | mansion buckingham_palace great_hall | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (military) a large building formerly occupied by a ruler and fortified against attack | |
| Related terms: | fortification balmoral_castle keep turret | |
| 3. | [ verb ] (chess) move the king two squares toward a rook and in the same move the rook to the square next past the king; in chess | |
| Related terms: | move chess | |
| 4. | [ noun ] (chess,games) the chessman that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard | |
| Synonyms: | rook | |
| Related terms: | chessman chess | |
| 5. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 1430 | |
| 6. | [ noun ] (chess,games) interchanging the positions of the king and a rook | |
| Synonyms: | castling | |
| Related terms: | chess_move | |
| Similar spelling: |
Castlen castled Castleman Castile Castille casteless Castel Casteel castling Castillo Castilla Castello Castelli Castaldo Castaldi coastline Castillon Castellon Costley |
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