Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Definitions

minaret

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




NOUN
turret
Synonyms


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

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

She watched one tear the minaret off the top of the building.

From BBC • May 17, 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

A minaret looming above Moulay Brahim was severely damaged and appeared at risk of toppling if nudged by another tremor.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 9, 2023

I imagined the donkey my father mentioned standing there under the minaret the way Souma had stood in the shelter after the war.

From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat