Definitions for citadel

citadel cit·a·del

Spelling: [sit-uh-dl, -uh-del]
IPA: /ˈsɪt ə dl, -əˌdɛl/

Citadel is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 266 anagrams from letters in citadel (acdeilt).

Definitions for citadel

noun

  1. a fortress that commands a city and is used in the control of the inhabitants and in defense during attack or siege.
  2. any strongly fortified place; stronghold.
  3. (formerly) a heavily armored structure on a warship, for protecting the engines, magazines, etc.

Origin of citadel

1580-90; Middle French citadelle Old Italian cittadella, equivalent to cittad(e) city + -ella -elle

Examples for citadel

Once this citadel is breached, the other walls can come tumbling down.

It turns out that Santorum has a deep connection to the citadel.

In the citadel is also a mosque, now building by the order of the Pasha.

The general knew all about that, because his son was stationed in the citadel.

Once it was by the Gauls, as we have read, who captured all the city except the citadel.

We then would have pushed for citadel Hill, which commanded Halifax.

They severed the last railroad lifeline into Atlanta, making the citadel of the Confederacy as it was touted no longer tenable.

She seemed to know, to accept, to welcome her position, the citadel of the family, the strong place that could not be taken.

He hits bottom at Rocamadour, a sanctuary in the Dordogne known as a citadel of faith devoted to Mary.

It was this that stormed the citadel of my hope, and drove me from even thinking of a God.

Word Value for citadel
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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