turret

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tur·ret | \ ˈtər-ət

, ˈtə-rət, ˈtu̇r-ət

Definition of turret

1 : a little tower specifically : an ornamental structure at an angle of a larger structure

2a(1) : a revolving armored structure on a warship that protects one or more guns mounted within it

(2) : a similar upper structure usually for one gun on a tank

(3) : a gunner's fixed or movable enclosure in an airplane

b : a tall building usually moved on wheels and formerly used for carrying soldiers and equipment for breaching or scaling a wall

3a : a pivoted and revolvable holder in a machine tool

b : a device (as on a microscope or a television camera) holding several lenses

Examples of turret in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web On a recent weekday, amid hulking vehicles parked in bays that line the repair halls, an employee drove a new Leopard into position, then used a crane to remove a turret that needed adjusting. — New York Times, 5 May 2022 Kove, aka John Kreese, checked out the 5th Marine Expedition’s motor pool of armored vehicles, shouldered an assault rifle and hopped aboard a Humvee and a military vehicle equipped with a 50-caliber gun turret. — Diane Bell Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2022 Its multistory turret includes three round rooms: a family room on the main level, her daughter's bedroom on the second floor, and her home office on the third floor. — Kathy Barnes, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 July 2022 One famous example was the German Sturmgeschütz III, a turret-less armored vehicle that was often attached to infantry units. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 30 June 2022 The USS Monitor was the oldest and most important of them, as the first U.S. warship built with a revolutionary rotating gun turret, NOAA reports. — CBS News, 6 June 2022 Javelin can engage tanks head-on or from above, firing a shaped charge down into the turret from above. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 2 Mar. 2022 The Panther’s turret is bigger with sharper angles and a much larger overhang over the engine compartment, the latter to both store larger, heavier main gun ammunition and to act as a counterweight to the new 130-millimeter main gun. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 14 June 2022 Bleak Watcher turret always has the max stasis grenade cooldown. — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2021 See More

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