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castle-building

NOUN

reverie

Synonyms

STRONGEST

contemplation fantasy meditation trance

STRONG

absorption abstraction detachment dreaminess dreaming inattention muse musing pensiveness phantasy preoccupation study thought trip woolgathering

WEAK

absent-mindedness castles in the air fool's paradise head trip mind trip pipe dream

Antonyms

WEAK

nightmare

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Head to the sandy beach for volleyball nets, kite flying, castle-building and beachcombing for “weird rocks” of your own.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 27, 2022

But more have been seen in May and June — including ones that captured the crowd’s attention last weekend at an annual sand castle-building contest at Crown Beach in Alameda.

From Washington Times • Jun. 13, 2015

But more have been seen in May and June -- including ones that captured the crowd's attention last weekend at an annual sand castle-building contest at Crown Beach in Alameda.

From US News • Jun. 13, 2015

She had that sort of nature that likes to invest each event of life with a certain romance; and where could anything have opened such a vista for castle-building as this scheme of foreign travel?

From Tony Butler by Lever, Charles James

That day was spent in the most delicious castle-building.

From In Both Worlds by Holcombe, William Henry

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