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

His first sight of Kardamyli is of an enchanting, castellated hamlet at the sea’s edge, where towers, turrets and cupolas rise above houses built of golden stone.

From The Guardian

Take a detour to the castellated tower that you spy in the distance rising into the blue Tuscan sky.

From The Verge

A castellated turret and scowling gargoyles mark the Long Island City Clock Tower as one of Queens’s most treasured landmarks.

From New York Times

But the gargoyles still glower atop the Long Island City clock tower, alongside its castellated turret, copper windows and granite shields.

From New York Times

Imagine all this held en plein air, with the castellated jail bathed in pink light and strings of brilliant bulbs crisscrossing the night sky.

From Architectural Digest