noun · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Received-Pronunciation, US:tŭr'ĭtwithout the hurry–furry merger
Received-Pronunciation, US:/ˈtʌɹɪt/without the hurry–furry merger
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Northern-England:/ˈtʊɹɪt/
/ˈtɝ.ɪt/US, hurry–furry merger
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Scotland, Wales:/ˈtʌɾɪt/
rhymes with -ʌɹɪt
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noun
Meaning 1
A little tower, frequently a merely ornamental structure at one of the corners of a building or castle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: architecture
Examples
Their Victorian house had three turrets and a large amount of gingerbread trim.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A siege tower; a movable building, of a square form, consisting of ten or even twenty stories and sometimes one hundred and twenty cubits high, usually moved on wheels, and employed in approaching a fortified place, for carrying soldiers, engines, ladders, casting bridges, and other necessaries.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Topics: government, military, politics, war
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A tower-like solder post on a turret board (a circuit board with posts instead of holes).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
noun
Meaning 7
The central conical ornament atop a spinning roulette wheel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: gambling, games
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
8
noun
Meaning 8
a self-contained weapons platform housing guns and capable of rotation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gun enclosure, gun turret
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: platform, weapons platform
9
noun
Meaning 9
a small tower extending above a building
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: tower
History
Etymology
From Middle English touret, from Old French torete (French tourette), diminutive of tour (“tower”), from Latin turris. Doublet of tor, tourelle, and tower. See tower.
Across languages
Translations
52 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
куличка
(kulička)
— a little tower
Catalan:
torrelló
— a little tower
Dutch:
hoektoren
— a little tower
Dutch:
geschuttoren
— a little tower
Dutch:
hoektorentje
— a little tower
Dutch:
geschuttorentje
— a little tower
Esperanto:
tureto
— a little tower
French:
tourelle
— a little tower
German:
Tourelle
— a little tower
German:
Türmchen
— a little tower
German:
Türmlein
— a little tower
Greek:
πυργίσκος
(pyrgískos)
— a little tower
Hungarian:
tornyocska
— a little tower
Irish:
túirín
— a little tower
Italian:
torretta
— a little tower
Macedonian:
ку́личка
(kúlička)
— a little tower
Macedonian:
торета
(toreta)
— a little tower
Māori:
maihi
— a little tower
Norman:
touothelle
— a little tower
Persian:
برجک
(borjak)
— a little tower
Polish:
wieżyczka
— a little tower
Portuguese:
torreta
— a little tower
Russian:
ба́шенка
(bášenka)
— a little tower
Russian:
туре́ль
(turélʹ)
— a little tower
Spanish:
torrecilla
— a little tower
Swedish:
turell
— a little tower
Swedish:
torn
— a little tower
Swedish:
vakttorn
— a little tower
Swedish:
utkikstorn
— a little tower
Uzbek:
bashnya
— a little tower
Welsh:
tyred
— a little tower
Welsh:
tŵr bach
— a little tower
Bulgarian:
обсадна кула
(obsadna kula)
— a movable building
Dutch:
belegeringstoren
— a movable building
Estonian:
piiramistorn
— a movable building
Russian:
осадная башня
(osadnaja bašnja)
— a movable building
Russian:
тура
(tura)
— a movable building
Swedish:
belägringstorn
— a movable building
Bulgarian:
оръдейна кула
(orǎdejna kula)
— a revolving tower constructed of thick iron plates with a gun installation
Catalan:
torreta
— a revolving tower constructed of thick iron plates with a gun installation
Chinese Mandarin:
炮塔
(pào tǎ)
— a revolving tower constructed of thick iron plates with a gun installation
Dutch:
geschutskoepel
— a revolving tower constructed of thick iron plates with a gun installation
Dutch:
pantserkoepel
— a revolving tower constructed of thick iron plates with a gun installation
Finnish:
tykkitorni
— a revolving tower constructed of thick iron plates with a gun installation
German:
Turm
— a revolving tower constructed of thick iron plates with a gun installation
Hungarian:
torony
— a revolving tower constructed of thick iron plates with a gun installation
Hungarian:
lövegtorony
— a revolving tower constructed of thick iron plates with a gun installation
Polish:
wieżyczka
— a revolving tower constructed of thick iron plates with a gun installation
Russian:
ба́шенка
(bášenka)
— a revolving tower constructed of thick iron plates with a gun installation
Serbo-Croatian:
kupola
— a revolving tower constructed of thick iron plates with a gun installation
Spanish:
torreta
— a revolving tower constructed of thick iron plates with a gun installation
Swedish:
kanontorn
— a revolving tower constructed of thick iron plates with a gun installation
