DONJON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does donjon mean? 

• DONJON (noun)
  The noun DONJON has 1 sense:

1. the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress

  Familiarity information: DONJON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DONJON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

donjon; dungeon; keep

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)