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# castle

noun (a castle, castles); verb (castle, castles, castled, castling — in chess)

«castle» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A large, strong building with thick walls and towers, built long ago to protect a king, queen or lord from enemies. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/castle/#m1)
2. A piece in chess, also called a rook. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/castle/#m2)
3. (verb) A special chess move with the king and a rook. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/castle/#m3)

### In the lessons

In history lessons, castles show how people lived and fought in the Middle Ages: moats, drawbridges, towers, battlements and dungeons. In stories, castles are homes of kings, princesses and dragons. On the beach children build sandcastles. Phrases: «sandcastle», «castle walls», «build a castle».

### Examples

- The castle has four towers and a moat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/castle/#x1)
- Knights guarded the castle gate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/castle/#x2)
- We built a sandcastle at the beach. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/castle/#x3)
- Many old castles are in ruins now. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/castle/#x4)
- The princess lived in a castle on a hill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/castle/#x5)
- In chess, the castle can move in straight lines. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/castle/#x6)
- The castle walls were three metres thick. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/castle/#x7)
- The ship glided past the castle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/castle/#x8)

### Note

The «t» is silent: say «CAH-sul» or «KASS-ul». Countable: castles. Castle walls were thick to stop attacks, not to keep warm.

## In Jewish tradition

Here it means a fortress or palace stronghold, not a medieval knight's castle. "Shushan the castle" is the Persian royal citadel, and the "castles" Judah's kings built were forts.

**Interpretation.** In Esther, the citadel of Shushan is where the Jews defended themselves and the royal court sat. Tradition reads it as the seat of Persian power, where Purim's reversal took place.

### Examples

- And in Shushan the castle the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men. (Writings EST.9.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/castle/#x1)
- And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles and cities of store. (Writings 2CH.17.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/castle/#x2)
- Moreover he built cities in the hill-country of Judah, and in the forest he built castles and towers. (Writings 2CH.27.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/castle/#x3)

### Note

The «t» is silent: say «CAH-sul» or «KASS-ul». Countable: castles. Castle walls were thick to stop attacks, not to keep warm.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «castle» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/castle/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«castle» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/castle.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «castle» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/castle/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«castle» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/castle.html) on Mova free.