Definition of Castle

Castle

A fortified residence, especially that of a prince or nobleman; a fortress.

Any strong, imposing, and stately mansion.

A small tower, as on a ship, or an elephant's back.

A piece, made to represent a castle, used in the game of chess; a rook.

To move the castle to the square next to king, and then the king around the castle to the square next beyond it, for the purpose of covering the king.

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There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds.
Gilbert K. Chesterton

I live in a house that was built in 1480. It has a moat around it. It is like a little baby castle.
Bill Wyman

A neurotic is a man who builds a castle in the air. A psychotic is the man who lives in it. A psychiatrist is the man who collects the rent.
Jerome Lawrence

When I portray Stabler, I have to shave every day and cut my hair every week! And then, I really like to change my looks for films like 'Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle' where I have the pleasure of playing the ugliest man in the world.
Christopher Meloni

Suddenly, I became conscious of the fact that the driver was in the act of pulling up the horses in the courtyard of a vast ruined castle, from whose tall black windows came no ray of light, and whose broken battlements showed a jagged line against the sky.
Bram Stoker

Madam President, speaking here in Dublin Castle it is impossible to ignore the weight of history, as it was yesterday when you and I laid wreaths at the Garden of Remembrance.
Queen Elizabeth II

It's very homely, this castle. It doesn't have huge ballrooms. I didn't want a cold, cavernous place.
Enya

Before I left the castle I so fixed its entrances that never more can the Count enter there Undead.
Bram Stoker

A man's home may seem to be his castle on the outside; inside is more often his nursery.
Clare Boothe Luce

The original fairy tale was about the youngest sister going into a room in the castle and finding all the bodies of the wives that came before her - she is confronted with truth, thinking about how often we think we know people and we really don't.
Alice Hoffman