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MINARET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does minaret mean? 

MINARET (noun)
  The noun MINARET has 1 sense:

1. slender tower with balconiesplay

  Familiarity information: MINARET used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MINARET (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Slender tower with balconies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("minaret" is a kind of...):

tower (a structure taller than its diameter; can stand alone or be attached to a larger building)

Holonyms ("minaret" is a part of...):

mosque ((Islam) a Muslim place of worship that usually has a minaret)


 Context examples 


With wonder and admiration, Alleyne, leaning over the bulwarks, gazed at the forest of masts, the swarm of boats darting hither and thither on the bosom of the broad curving stream, and the gray crescent-shaped city which stretched with many a tower and minaret along the western shore.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)



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