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

  • (..) He won't listen, but his men might. Not everybody wants to die for someone else's home. I need your word. If I persuade him to abandon the castle, you'll grant a safe passage north. You have my word. You have until nightfall. (sighs) You gave it to me for a purpose. (..)
    2016 TvShow: Game of Thrones Title: No One Season: 6 Episode 8
  • (..) complete and your army intact. What do you propose? Allow me to enter Riverrun under a flag of truce. Let me try to persuade the Blackfish to give up the castle. Why would he abandon his ancestral home? Because you'll allow him to lead the Tully forces safely north. Have you ever met the Blackfish? (..)
    2016 TvShow: Game of Thrones Title: No One Season: 6 Episode 8