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# citadel

«citadel» in Mova's school dictionary: **A strong fortress built on high ground above a town, to…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (citadels)

### meaning for a pupil

A strong fortress built on high ground above a town, to guard it against attack. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/citadel/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories, a hero storms the citadel to defeat the enemy king

### examples

- The soldiers climbed up to the citadel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/citadel/#x1)
- The king lived high in his citadel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/citadel/#x2)
- The knight stormed the citadel at dawn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/citadel/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «citadel» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/citadel/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.