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Meaning of castle

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  castle
      n 1: a large and stately mansion [syn: {palace}, {castle}]
      2: a large building formerly occupied by a ruler and fortified
         against attack
      3: (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied
         squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the
         chessboard [syn: {castle}, {rook}]
      4: interchanging the positions of the king and a rook [syn:
         {castle}, {castling}]
      v 1: move the king two squares toward a rook and in the same
           move the rook to the square next past the king

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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