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1. (n.) turret
a small tower, usu. one forming part of a larger structure.
2. turret
a small tower at an angle of a building, as of a castle or fortress, frequently beginning some distance above the ground.
3. turret
a domelike structure, usu. revolving horizontally, in which a gun is mounted, as on an armored vehicle, ship, or aircraft.
Etymology: (1300–50; ME turet < MF turete=turtower1+-ete -et)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) turret
a small tower extending above a building
2. (noun) gun enclosure, gun turret, turret
a self-contained weapons platform housing guns and capable of rotation
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) turret
a little tower, frequently a merely ornamental structure at one of the angles of a larger structure
2. (noun) turret
a movable building, of a square form, consisting of ten or even twenty stories and sometimes one hundred and twenty cubits high, usually moved on wheels, and employed in approaching a fortified place, for carrying soldiers, engines, ladders, casting bridges, and other necessaries
3. (noun) turret
a revolving tower constructed of thick iron plates, within which cannon are mounted. Turrets are used on vessels of war and on land
4. (noun) turret
the elevated central portion of the roof of a passenger car. Its sides are pierced for light and ventilation
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Sense: a small tower
A fortress often has turrets.
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 Afrikaans: toring, wagtoring |
 Arabic: بُرْج |
 Bulgarian: куличка |
 Brazilian: torreão |
 Czech: věžička |
 German: das Türmchen |
 Danish: lille tårn |
 Greek: πυργίσκος |
 Spanish: torrecilla |
 Estonian: torn |
 Farsi: برج کوچک |
 Finnish: torni |
 French: tourelle |
 Hebrew: צְרִיחַ |
 Hindi: बुर्ज |
 Croatian: tornjić, mala kula |
 Hungarian: kis torony |
 Indonesian: menara |
 Icelandic: smáturn |
 Italian: torretta |
 Japanese: 小塔 |
 Korean: 작은 탑 |
 Lithuanian: bokštelis |
 Latvian: tornītis |
 Malay: menara kecil |
 Dutch: torentje |
 Norwegian: lite tårn |
 Polish: wieżyczka |
 Persian: برج کوچک |
 Pashto: کوچنی برج |
 Portuguese: torreão |
 Romanian: foişor |
 Russian: башенка |
 Slovak: vežička |
 Slovenian: stolpič |
 Serbian: kula |
 Swedish: torn |
 Thai: หอคอย |
 Turkish: küçük kule |
 Taiwanese: 塔樓，角塔 |
 Ukrainian: башточка |
 Urdu: کنگرہ، برج |
 Vietnamese: tháp |
 Chinese: 塔楼，角塔 |
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