castle

Definition

  • noun: a large building usually with high, thick walls and towers that was built in the past to protect against attack
  • noun: a large fortified building or set of buildings
  • verb: to establish in a castle
  • synonyms: acropolis, bastion, beachhead

Examples

  • He's just 'building castles in the air' if he thinks he can open a restaurant without any money.

  • Millionaires built their 'castles' along the lake.

Movie quotes

  • (..) than anyone in the Unsullied army. I expect to command all the Lannister forces before long. You can be the right hand I lost. You promised me a lordship and a castle and a highborn beauty for a wife. And you'll get all three. A Lannister always... Don't say it. Don't fucking say it. Come out and fight us, Blackfish. We have Lord Edmure. Yield the castle or we'll hang him. This is your last warning. Yield the castle. You think I won't do it, old man? I sliced your niece's throat from ear to ear. (..)
    2016 TvShow: Game of Thrones Title: The Broken Man Season: 6 Episode 7