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castellated

/ˈkastəleɪtɪd/

castellated adjective: castle-like: built or shaped like a castle; usually, specifically, having castellations (crenellations).

castellated: castle-like: built or shaped like a castle; usually, specifically, having castellations...
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Adjective (1)

castellated (comparative more castellated, superlative most castellated)

  1. Castle-like: built or shaped like a castle; usually, specifically, having castellations (crenellations).
    • Near-synonym: crenellated
    • ...A Castellated mansion...1686, Robert Plot, chapter X, in The Natural History of Stafford-shire, page 448
    Synonyms:
    crenellated
  2. Having grooves or recesses on an upper face.
    • Near-synonym: crenellated
    • Castellated nuts are used throughout, with split pins.1904, Alexander Bell Filson Young, chapter IV, in The Complete Motorist, page 74
    Synonyms:
    crenellated
  3. Castled: having or furnished with castles.
    • ...This castellated island...1809, Robert Ker Porter, chapter IV, in Travelling Sketches in Russia & Sweden, volume I, page 30
  4. (rare) Housed or kept in a castle.
    • His unbiassed justice... struck horror into the heart of every castellated felon.1837, Walter Savage Landor, Works, volume II, page 317

Adjective (2)

castellated (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of enclosed, when used for fountains, cisterns, &c.
    • A fayre Conduite of sweete water, castellated in the middest of that warde and streete...1598, John Stow, A Suruay of London, page 149
    Synonyms:
    enclosed, when used for fountains, cisterns, &c

castellated meaning in Tamil

castellated in Tamil

வார்த்த

Examples of castellated in a sentence

  • Finally he walked slowly into a vast Italian space, with towers and castellated roofs, and a sky the colour of dark blue ink, smooth and consistent.2004, Colm Toibin, The Master, page 2:
  • Three castellated (with battlements) towers stand sentry here, with one being particularly large.2020 August 26, Tim Dunn, “Great railway bores of our time!”, in Rail, page 46:

Synonyms of castellated

All synonyms of castellated

Forms of castellated

comparativemore castellated
superlativemost castellated

Origin of castellated

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”).

Words formed from castellated

Phrases with castellated

Questions about castellated

What does castellated mean?
Castellated means castle-like: built or shaped like a castle; usually, specifically, having castellations (crenellations).
What is castellated in Tamil?
Castellated in Tamil is வார்த்த. See Castellated meaning in Tamil.
How do you use castellated in a sentence?
Finally he walked slowly into a vast Italian space, with towers and castellated roofs, and a sky the colour of dark blue ink, smooth and consistent.
What part of speech is castellated?
Castellated is an adjective.
How do you pronounce castellated?
Castellated is pronounced /ˈkastəleɪtɪd/.

Words near castellated in the dictionary

  1. castellany
  2. castellar
  3. Castellar de la Frontera
  4. castellas
  5. castellate
  6. castellated
  7. castellated nut
  8. castellated nuts
  9. castellates
  10. castellati
  11. castellating

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