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turrets

turrets is the plural of turret.

Meaning of turret

Noun

turret (plural turrets)

  1. A little tower, frequently a merely ornamental structure at one of the corners of a building or castle.
    • Their Victorian house had three turrets and a large amount of gingerbread trim.
  2. (historical) A siege tower; 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. A tower-like solder post on a turret board (a circuit board with posts instead of holes).
  4. An armoured, rotating gun installation on a fort, ship, aircraft, or armoured fighting vehicle.
  5. The elevated central portion of the roof of a passenger car, with sides that are pierced for light and ventilation.
  6. A turret head.

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Phrases with turrets

Questions about turrets

What is turrets the plural of?
Turrets is the plural of turret.

Words near turrets in the dictionary

  1. turret steamers
  2. Turret's syndrome
  3. turreted
  4. turretless
  5. turretlike
  6. turrets
  7. turriane
  8. turrianes
  9. turribant
  10. turribants
  11. turrible

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