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Castle In The Air

Definition: Castle In The Air

Castle In The Air

Noun

1. Absent-minded dreaming while awake.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

Specialty Definition: Castle In The Air

Domain	Definition
Literature	Castle in the Air A splendid edifice, but one which has no existence. In fairy tales we often have these castles built at a word, and vanishing as soon, like that built for Aladdin by the Genius of the Lamp. These air-castles are called by the French Châteaux d'Espagne, because Spain has no châteaux. We also find the expression Châteaux en Asie for a similar reason. (See Chateaux .). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Synonyms: Castle In The Air

Synonyms: air castle (n), castle in Spain (n), daydream (n), daydreaming (n), oneirism (n), reverie (n), revery (n). (additional references)

Synonyms within Context: Castle In The Air

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Imagination	Flying Dutchman, great sea serpent, man in the moon, castle in the air, pipe dream, pie-in-the-sky, chateau en Espagne; Utopia, Atlantis, happy valley, millennium, fairyland; land of Prester John, kindgom of Micomicon; work of fiction; (novel); Arabian nights; le pot au lait; dream of Alnashar; (hope).
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Castle In The Air

English words defined with "castle in the air": Air castle ♦ Chateau en Espagne. (references)

Specialty definitions using "castle in the air": Amaurote. (references)

Modern Usage: Castle In The Air

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	Castle in the Air (1952)
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Commercial Usage: Castle In The Air

Domain	Title
Books	Castle in the Air (reference) (more book examples)
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Modern Translation: Castle In The Air

Language		Translations for "castle in the air"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Finnish		tuulentupa, pilvilinna. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		絵に描いた� (pie in the sky). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		えにかいたもち (pie in the sky). (various references)

Pig Latin		astlecay inay ethay airay
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Castle In The Air

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-e-h-i-i-l-n-r-s-t-t"
	-2 letters: aesthetician, centralities, intercalates.
	-3 letters: aesthetical, aliteracies, anaesthetic, anthracites, antirealist, atheistical, carnalities, centiliters, certainties, chatelaines, clarinetist, esthetician, intercalate, intrathecal, lecithinase, licentiates, tetracaines, theatricals.
	-4 letters: alacrities, aliterates, altercates, alternates, anesthetic, anthelices, anthracite, anticaries, antielites, antiracist, catenaries, centiliter, centralest, centralise, centralist, certainest, chatelaine, chatelains, clathrates, earthliest, entrechats, intercaste, interlaces, interstice, itinerates, licentiate, linecaster, literacies, natalities, reattaches.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-c-e-e-h-i-i-l-n-r-s-t-t"
	+3 letters: australopithecine, merchantabilities.
	+4 letters: anticholinesterase, australopithecines.
	+5 letters: anticholinesterases.
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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern

5. Usage: Commercial
6. Translations: Modern
7. Anagrams
8. Bibliography

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