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Definition & Synonyms
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• Turret
- (n.) A little tower, frequently a merely ornamental structure at one of the angles of a larger structure.
- (n.) The elevated central portion of the roof of a passenger car. Its sides are pierced for light and ventilation.
- (n.) 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.
- (n.) A revolving tower constructed of thick iron plates, within which cannon are mounted. Turrets are used on vessels of war and on land.
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• Turret deck
- () A narrow superstructure running from stem to stern on the upper deck of a steam cargo vessel having a rounded gunwale and sides curved inward convexly.
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• Turreted
- (a.) Furnished with a turret or turrets; specifically (Zool.), having the whorls somewhat flattened on the upper side and often ornamented by spines or tubercles; -- said of certain spiral shells.
- (a.) Formed like a tower; as, a turreted lamp.
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