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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
minaret
    n 1: slender tower with balconies
2. 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]
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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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