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GUN TURRET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gun turret mean? 

GUN TURRET (noun)
  The noun GUN TURRET has 1 sense:

1. a self-contained weapons platform housing guns and capable of rotationplay

  Familiarity information: GUN TURRET used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GUN TURRET (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A self-contained weapons platform housing guns and capable of rotation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

gun enclosure; gun turret; turret

Hypernyms ("gun turret" is a kind of...):

platform; weapons platform (any military structure or vehicle bearing weapons)

Holonyms ("gun turret" is a part of...):

armored combat vehicle; armoured combat vehicle; army tank; tank (an enclosed armored military vehicle; has a cannon and moves on caterpillar treads)


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