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castellation

castellation noun: the act or process of making a building into a castle.

Noun

castellation (countable and uncountable, plural castellations)

  1. (uncountable) The act or process of making a building into a castle.
  2. (uncountable) The addition of battlements to a building, as for example when a feudal manor house needed fortification against border-raider attacks.
  3. (countable) Any of a set of slots or grooves in an object, often machined into a metal part, as for example on a castellated nut.

Forms of castellation

pluralcastellations

Questions about castellation

What does castellation mean?
Castellation means the act or process of making a building into a castle.
What part of speech is castellation?
Castellation is a noun.
What is the plural of castellation?
The plural of castellation is castellations.

Words near castellation in the dictionary

  1. castellated nut
  2. castellated nuts
  3. castellates
  4. castellati
  5. castellating
  6. castellation
  7. castellations
  8. castellatus
  9. casteller
  10. castellers
  11. castellet

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