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(Noun) Or "fort". A big building that's, well, 'fortified" - battlements, thick walls, slit windows to shoot arrows down while protected, maybe moats, etc. Meant as a defense against attackers. (Old to archaic.)

Usage: A castle, if old enough to once have been subject to attack, might be called a fortress. "Windsor Castle," "Buckingham Palace".

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(Pronoun) a large building that lords live in

Usage: my lord lives in a fortress

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