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castle

('k/&/s/@/l )

a large and stately mansion(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
palace

source: wordnet30
a large building formerly occupied by a ruler and fortified against attack(noun.artifact)

source: wordnet30
(chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
rook

source: wordnet30
interchanging the positions of the king and a rook(noun.act)

Synonym:
castling

source: wordnet30
A fortified residence, especially that of a prince or nobleman; a fortress.(noun)

source: webster1913

move the king two squares toward a rook and in the same move the rook to the square next past the king(verb.competition)

source: wordnet30
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.(verb)

source: webster1913

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