castellated

[ kas-tl-ey-tid ]

adjective

1. Architecture. built like a castle, especially with turrets and battlements.
2. having many castles.

castellated

/ ˈkæstɪˌleɪtɪd /

adjective

1. having turrets and battlements, like a castle
2. having indentations similar to battlements

   a castellated nut

   a castellated filament

Derived Forms

• ˌcastelˈlation, noun

Other Words From

• castel·lation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of castellated¹

< Medieval Latin castellāt ( us ) ( castle, -ate ¹ ) + -ed ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of castellated¹

C17: from Medieval Latin castellātus, from castellāre to fortify as a castle

Example Sentences

It is fortunately one of the best-preserved of the castellated ruins in the Kingdom.

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We saw many fine English country-seats, ranging from old, castellated structures to apparently modern mansions.

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The Residency was a walled inclosure, and near it stood a castellated structure, the Muchi Bowun.

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On the northern horizon rose what we concluded to be a flat-topped, castellated berg.

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Neither man nor beast threatened him in the solitude which brooded over the castellated isle of Xapur.

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