castle
noun
a fortified, usually walled residence, as of a prince or noble in feudal times.
castlelike
-
a word derived from
castle.
Example Sentences
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And here’s a closure with a nice big asterisk: Sebi’s Bistro has left its castlelike building at the south end of the University Bridge for good.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 25, 2023
Posthotel is castlelike — six stories built into the hillside overlooking the Wenatchee River — but it exercises restraint with its cream-colored and flagstone exterior.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 27, 2018
It was dubbed “La Tourelle” in honor of the castlelike stone feature that dominates the facade, a tower topped by a circular room and traversed by a floating spiral staircase made of interlocking stone slabs.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 3, 2017
Images of interrupted and unstable architecture recur in “Greater New York”: in Lutz Bacher’s jumble of castlelike blocks, and in a funky, sound-generating lean-to by Sergei Tcherepnin.
From New York Times ● Oct. 15, 2015
Particularly active among them was Hadamar, a castlelike hospital on a hill, and the Brandenburg State Welfare Institute, a brick building resembling a garrison, with rows of windows along its side.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
