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Meanings of
donjon
in English
Portuguese
torre de menagem
Spanish
mazmorra
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The main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress.
keep
dungeon
Portuguese
torre de menagem
Synonyms
Examples for "
keep
"
keep
dungeon
Examples for "
keep
"
1
Good social work needs community safety networks to
keep
each other safe.
2
Just
keep
listening; engage with the problem, ask more and more questions.
3
The government will
keep
introducing measures to help the economy, he said.
4
However, he said high demand would
keep
values from falling too far.
5
Drain once cool; don't
keep
in the iced water longer than necessary.
1
There is little more change in the
dungeon
than in the tomb.
2
I have only to write the end-thelast scene in the
dungeon
.
3
I began to make my way through the
dungeon
,
room by room.
4
Clearing each
dungeon
opens up additional content, including shops, bars, and parks.
5
The Thunder had ceased to roll: Universal silence reigned through the
dungeon
.
Usage of
donjon
in English
1
Once more shall its
donjon
overlook from its height the two valleys.
2
The
donjon
was showing the loopholes that pitted its southern face.
3
A mass of inharmonious structures, it is dominated by a
donjon
.
4
The
donjon
walls were 16 yards thick, not feet, but yards!
5
We were passing by the
donjon
and heard wailing voices.
6
He woke on a bed in the
donjon
of the keep, and woke screaming.
7
The defenders took timely refuge in the
donjon
keep.
8
Then the moon slipped slyly from its frayed woolly covers, and relit the
donjon
keep.
9
A stork has a nest on the
donjon
now.
10
I want to get out of this
donjon
keep.
11
PRISONERS don't have geese running around the
donjon
-
keep
to pull pens out of, you muggins.
12
Who is it comes now,-sweepsround the
donjon
flank?
13
In the middle of the court is the
donjon
,
which contains the archives and the treasure.
14
Previous to the tragedy in the courtyard Madame Mathieu and the keeper left the
donjon
together.
15
The
donjon
was built by King Richard II.
16
These mark the site of the original Château of the Louvre, with its keep, or
donjon
.
Other examples for "donjon"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
donjon
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
leave the donjon
old donjon
abandon donjon
ancient donjon
gloomy donjon
More collocations
Translations for
donjon
Portuguese
torre de menagem
Spanish
mazmorra
torre del homenaje
Donjon
through the time
Donjon
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common