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Plural of castle

regular plural

The plural of castle is castles.

Forms of castle

Singularcastle /ˈkɑːsəl/
Pluralcastles
Countablecountable

Castles in a sentence

  • William the Conqueror fortified many castles, throwing up new ramparts, bastions and all manner of works.From the entry work
  • No wonder they make up stories about angels and rainbow unicorns and cloud castles .2024, Eric Schlich, Eli Harpo's Adventure to the Afterlife. From the entry rainbow unicorns
  • Comb the back alleys and clamber up to the Festung Hohensalzburg, the castle to outpomp all castles.2018, Mark Baker, Korina Miller, Lonely Planet Europe on a shoestring. From the entry outpomp
  • Duchessdoms,” and talked for hours about what to name their castles and realms.2017, Karin Roffman, “Blue Mountain (1936–1940)”, in The Songs We Know Best: John Ashbery’s Early Life, New York, N.Y.: Farrar, Straus and…. From the entry marquisdom
  • She used to imagine her mother playing in the yard, building snow castles or chasing fireflies.2015, Terri-Lynne DeFino, Seeking Carolina (A Bitterly Suite Romance), New York, N.Y.: Lyrical Press, Kensington Publishing Corp., →ISBN…. From the entry snow castle

Meaning of castle

  1. noun A large residential building or compound that is fortified and contains many defences; in previous ages often inhabited by a nobleman or king. Also, a house or mansion with some of the architectural features of medieval castles.
  2. noun An instance of castling.
  3. noun A rook; a chess piece shaped like a castle tower.

Full definition of castle

Questions about the plural of castle

What is the plural of castle?
The plural of castle is castles.
Is castle countable?
Castle is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: castle (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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