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castellate.

castle-like: built or shaped like a castle.

10 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈkastələt/
  1. castle-like: built or shaped like a castle.

    rare
  2. Castled: having or furnished with castles.

    rare
  3. Housed or kept in a castle.

    rare
Where this word comes from

From Medieval Latin castellātus (“fortified” “made into a castle”), from castellum (“little fortification, castle”) + -ātus (forming participial adjectives). By surface analysis, Latin castellum + -ate (adjective-forming suffix) or castle + -ate.

verb/ˈkastəleɪt/
  1. To make into a castle: to build in the form of a castle or to add battlements to an existing building.

    transitive
  2. To take the form of a castle.

    intransitive · rare
Where this word comes from

From Medieval Latin castellō (“fortify”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

noun/ˈkastələt/
  1. The district of a castle.

    historical · obsolete · rare
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Medieval Latin castellātus. By surface analysis, castle + -ate (forming nouns denoting a rank or office, the concrete charge of this office).

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