chateaux

[sha-toh; Fr. shah-toh]

noun, plural -teaus, -teaux

[-tohz; Fr. -toh] .

(in France) a castle or fortress.

a stately residence imitating a distinctively French castle.

a country estate, especially a fine one, in France or elsewhere on the Continent.

(often initial capital letter) a winegrower's estate, especially in the Bordeaux region of France: often used as part of the name of a wine.

Also, cha·teau.

Origin:
1730–40; < French ≪ Latin castellum castellum

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Chateaux is always a great word to know.

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a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.

an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.

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