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Donjon

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. The fortified main tower of a castle; a keep.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. The fortified tower of a motte or early castle; a keep.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The chief tower, also called the keep; a massive tower in ancient castles, forming the strongest part of the fortifications. See Illust. of castle.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The inner tower, keep, or stronghold of a castle. See cut under castle.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress

Word Usage

"It held meetings in our big vault, which they called the donjon keep, and, naturally, when one of them was going on, boys were scarcer around the office than hen's teeth."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

stronghold fastness

Cross Reference

dungeon

Variant

keep castle

Hyponym

Black Hole of Calcutta

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