What you are saying is nothing but building a castle in the air.
Source: tatoeba (17201)
Castle
/ˈkɑːsəl/
Synonyms for "castle" (73 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (15)
Noun(6 words)
Verb(2 words)
Strong matches (22)
Related words (36)
Related word relations
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More general
13 entriesMore specific
2 entriesking side castlequeen side castle
Collocations
6 entriescastle movecastle squarecastle strategycastling rightsking side castlequeen side castle
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
1 entriesTranslations
27 translations across 24 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- правя рокада verb (chess)
Catalan
1 entries- enrocar verb (chess)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 王車易位 /王车易位 verb (chess)
Czech
2 entries- provést rošádu verb (chess)
- rochovat verb (chess)
Danish
1 entries- rokere verb (chess)
Dutch
1 entries- rokeren verb (chess)
Esperanto
1 entries- aroko verb (chess)
Finnish
2 entries- linnoittautua verb (chess)
- tornittaa verb (chess)
French
1 entries- roquer verb (chess)
Galician
1 entries- enrocar verb (chess)
German
1 entries- rochieren verb (chess)
Hungarian
1 entries- sáncol verb (chess)
Icelandic
1 entries- hrókera verb (chess)
Ido
1 entries- roquar verb (chess)
Irish
1 entries- caisligh verb (chess)
Polish
2 entries- roszada verb (chess)
- wieża verb (chess)
Portuguese
1 entries- rocar verb (chess)
Romanian
1 entries- face rocadă verb (chess)
Russian
1 entries- рокирова́ться verb (chess)
Slovak
1 entries- vykonať rošádu verb (chess)
Slovene
1 entries- rokirati verb (chess)
Spanish
1 entries- enrocar verb (chess)
Swedish
1 entries- rockera verb (chess)
Turkish
1 entries- rok atmak verb (chess)
Sample sentences
20 total sentences available.
A castle stands a little way up the hill.
Source: tatoeba (19861)
It is foolish of you to build a castle in the air while forgetting to drive in pilings for its foundation.
Source: tatoeba (20654)
The prince was confined in the castle for three years.
Source: tatoeba (25623)
Showing 4 of 20 available sentences.