'Minaret' definitions:
Definition of 'minaret'
From: WordNet
noun
Slender tower with balconies
Definition of 'Minaret'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'minaret'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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