English Explanatory Dictionary

castellate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. castle-like: built or shaped like a castle.
  2. Castled: having or furnished with castles.
  3. Housed or kept in a castle.
verb
  1. To make into a castle: to build in the form of a castle or to add battlements to an existing building.
  2. To take the form of a castle.
noun
  1. The district of a castle.

Pronunciation

/ˈkastələt/ /ˈkastəleɪt/

Word forms

castellate more castellate most castellate castellates castellating castellated

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

castle incastellated incastle encastle incastellate encastellate fortify castellany castlery

Related words

castellation

Derived words

decastellate
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