castellated

[ kas-tl-ey-tid ]

/ ˈkæs tlˌeɪ tɪd /

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adjective

Architecture. built like a castle, especially with turrets and battlements.

having many castles.

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Origin of castellated

<Medieval Latin castellāt(us) (see castle, -ate¹) + -ed²

OTHER WORDS FROM castellated

cas·tel·la·tion, noun

Words nearby castellated

Castellammare di Stabia, castellan, Castellanos, castellanus, castellany, castellated, castellated beam, castellated nut, castellatus, Castellón de la Plana, castellum

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How to use castellated in a sentence

It is fortunately one of the best-preserved of the castellated ruins in the Kingdom.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car|Thomas D. Murphy
We saw many fine English country-seats, ranging from old, castellated structures to apparently modern mansions.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car|Thomas D. Murphy
The Residency was a walled inclosure, and near it stood a castellated structure, the Muchi Bowun.
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year|Edwin Emerson
On the northern horizon rose what we concluded to be a flat-topped, castellated berg.
The Home of the Blizzard|Douglas Mawson

Neither man nor beast threatened him in the solitude which brooded over the castellated isle of Xapur.
The Devil in Iron|Robert E. Howard

British Dictionary definitions for castellated

castellated

/ (ˈkæstɪˌleɪtɪd) /

adjective

having turrets and battlements, like a castle

having indentations similar to battlementsa castellated nut; a castellated filament

Derived forms of castellated

castellation, noun

Word Origin for castellated

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

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