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minaret

[min-uh-ret, min-uh-ret] / ˌmɪn əˈrɛt, ˈmɪn əˌrɛt /




NOUN
turret
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To reach Ghorjomi mosque, one of the biggest, we drove up hairpin mountain lanes, edged with blue hydrangeas, until we spotted the minaret.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

Other major landmarks of Mosul have also been restored - that wriggling minaret of al-Hadba, the Dominican al-Saa'a Convent and the complex of Al-Nouri mosque.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2025

In one recording, a song about banishing darkness, associated with the current Jewish festival of Hanukkah, is heard sung in Hebrew through a loudspeaker in a minaret.

From BBC • Dec. 14, 2023

The minaret of a mosque was tilting to one side.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 4, 2023

Bending through a low door, I walked out to find myself standing on a narrow balcony that surrounded the minaret like a bracelet.

From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat