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DONJON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("donjon" is a kind of...):
fastness; stronghold (a strongly fortified defensive structure)
Instance hyponyms:
Black Hole of Calcutta (a dungeon (20 feet square) in a fort in Calcutta where as many as 146 English prisoners were held overnight by Siraj-ud-daula; the next morning only 23 were still alive)
Holonyms ("donjon" is a part of...):
castle (a large building formerly occupied by a ruler and fortified against attack)
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