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pseudocastle

pseudocastle noun: a building designed to resemble a castle.

Noun

pseudocastle (plural pseudocastles)

  1. (rare) A building designed to resemble a castle.
    • A mixture of pricey cottages, expanded Capes and pseudocastles on tiny lots in the town of Hempstead, the 0.23-square-mile Point Lookout occupies the east end of the Nassau County barrier island that is also home to Lido, Long and Atlantic Beaches.2009 May 10, Marcelle S. Fischler, “Of Inlets, Channels and Dunes”, in New York Times

Forms of pseudocastle

pluralpseudocastles

Origin of pseudocastle

From pseudo- + castle.

Questions about pseudocastle

What does pseudocastle mean?
Pseudocastle means a building designed to resemble a castle.
What part of speech is pseudocastle?
Pseudocastle is a noun.
What is the plural of pseudocastle?
The plural of pseudocastle is pseudocastles.

Words near pseudocastle in the dictionary

  1. pseudocardinals
  2. pseudocarp
  3. pseudocarpium
  4. pseudocarpous
  5. pseudocarps
  6. pseudocastle
  7. pseudocastles
  8. pseudocat
  9. pseudocatalase
  10. pseudocatalytic
  11. pseudocatenane

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