minaret

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

minaret
    n 1: slender tower with balconies

from The 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]

from 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

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