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aftercastle

aftercastle is the alternative form of aftcastle.

Meaning of aftcastle

Noun

aftcastle (plural aftcastles)

  1. Raised part of the upper deck at the stern of a ship.
    • Holonyms: watercraft, vessel, vessel
    Antonyms:
    forecastle

Forms of aftercastle

pluralaftercastles

Origin of aftercastle

From after- + castle.

Questions about aftercastle

What is aftercastle the alternative form of?
Aftercastle is the alternative form of aftcastle.

Words near aftercastle in the dictionary

  1. aftercalls
  2. aftercare
  3. aftercareer
  4. aftercareers
  5. aftercast
  6. aftercastle
  7. aftercastles
  8. aftercasts
  9. aftercataract
  10. aftercataracts
  11. afterchroming

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Adapted from Wiktionary: aftercastle (page history and authors); aftcastle (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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