castellated

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkastəleɪtɪd/ === Etymology 1 === From Medieval Latin castellātus (“fortified, castellate”) + -ed (forming past participles). Equivalent to the past participle of castellate but attested earlier than other uses of the verb. ==== Adjective ==== castellated (comparative more castellated, superlative most castellated) Castle-like: built or shaped like a castle; usually, specifically, having castellations (crenellations). Near-synonym: crenellated (engineering) Having grooves or recesses on an upper face. Near-synonym: crenellated Castled: having or furnished with castles. (rare) Housed or kept in a castle. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== castle, castellation === Etymology 2 === From Medieval Latin castellum (“cistern”). ==== Adjective ==== castellated (not comparable) (obsolete) Synonym of enclosed, when used for fountains, cisterns, &c. === References === "castellated, adj.", in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press