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1Castle in the air — Castle Cas tle, n. [AS. castel, fr. L. castellum, dim. of castrum a fortified place, castle.] 1. A fortified residence, especially that of a prince or nobleman; a fortress. [1913 Webster] The house of every one is to him castle and fortress, as… …
2Castle in the Air — Infobox Book | name = Castle in the sky title orig = translator = image caption = Cover from the American edition. author = Diana Wynne Jones illustrator = cover artist = country = United Kingdom language = English series = The Castle Series… …
3Castle in the Air (film) — Castle in the Air is a 1952 British comedy film directed by Henry Cass and starring David Tomlinson, Helen Cherry, Margaret Rutherford and Gordon Jackson. The English owner of a Scottish castle discovers that it is haunted by the spirit of a… …
4castle in the air — noun A visionary project or scheme; a day dream; an idle fancy; a pipe dream; any plan, desire, or idea that is unlikely to be ever realized; a near impossibility. Syn: castle in the skies, castle in Spain …
5castle in the air — See: BUILD CASTLES IN THE AIR …
6castle in the air — See: BUILD CASTLES IN THE AIR …
7castle in the air — a fanciful or impractical notion or hope; daydream. Also called air castle, castle in Spain. [1570 80] * * * …
8castle in the air — Date: 1566 an impracticable project ; daydream called also castle in Spain …
9castle in the air — Synonyms and related words: Xanadu, airy nothing, autism, bubble, castle in Spain, chimera, daydream, deception, deluded belief, delusion, dereism, dream, dream vision, dreamland, dreamworld, false belief, ignis fatuus, illusion, misbelief,… …
10castle in the air — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A fantastic, impracticable plan or desire: bubble, chimera, dream, fantasy, illusion, pipe dream, rainbow. See REAL. See also castle in Spain …
