minaret

3 definitions found

minaret - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Minaret \Min"a*ret\, n. [Sp. minarete, Ar. man[=a]rat lamp,
     lantern, lighthouse, turret, fr. n[=a]r to shine.] (Arch.)
     A slender, lofty tower attached to a mosque and surrounded by
     one or more projecting balconies, from which the summon to
     prayer is cried by the muezzin.
     [1913 Webster]

minaret - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  minaret
      n 1: slender tower with balconies

minaret - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  39 Moby Thesaurus words for "minaret":
     antenna tower, barbican, belfry, bell tower, campanile, colossus,
     column, cupola, derrick, dome, fire tower, lantern, lighthouse,
     martello, martello tower, mast, monument, obelisk,
     observation tower, pagoda, pilaster, pillar, pinnacle, pole, pylon,
     pyramid, shaft, skyscraper, spire, standpipe, steeple, stupa,
     television mast, tope, tour, tower, turret, water tower,
     windmill tower