gun turret
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6.3
- noun
- /ɡʌn ˈtʌrɪt/
- Specialized
:
torreta
- Armament crews are putting boxes of ammunition in the planes and checking the gun turrets.
- inch naval gun turret
- machine gun turret
Examples
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Alfred climbed into the gun turret and admired the fittings.
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The military ship aimed its gun turret toward the Caspian ships.
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His gun turret, however, was immediately put into service.
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Note the forward main gun turret and gun barrel in the lower left.
Blog text (11) -
The military ship aimed its gun turrets toward the Caspian ships.
Fiction book (1996) -
The tanks turn their gun turrets towards downtown expectantly.
Fiction book (1998) -
There are automatic Phalanx gun turrets every 600 meters or so.
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He had been taught to know that lean shape, those rakish lines of gun turrets and launch tubes.
Fiction book (2001) -
It was bulletproof, had air conditioning, and mounted a power-operated gun turret.
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The revolving gun turret is on display at The Mariners' Museum in Newport News.
Synonyms
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7.4
A rotating protected part on a tank or ship that holds guns
A protected platform that holds guns and can turn to aim at targets
How Protected
- Specialized
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6.3
- Specialized
18
7.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is directly compositional: a 'turret' is a rotating mounting or armored structure for weapons and 'gun' specifies the type of weapon, so 'gun turret' straightforwardly denotes a rotating structure that houses guns. This follows common noun+noun compounding patterns and is cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can infer the meaning.
Etymology
Gun turret names a small, usually round, armored housing that holds the gun and can turn to aim. Imagine a protected room that spins so the weapon can point in any direction; that's why the term means a structure that rotates 'to aim' the guns.