The characteristic feature of a turret lathe is the turret which is mounted upon a carriage and contains the tools which are successively brought into the working position.
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Turret
//ˈtɝ.ɪt//
Synonyms for "turret" (47 found)
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Closest matches (10)
Strong matches (14)
Related words (23)
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35 entriesShowing 16 of 35 words.
Translations
51 translations across 24 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- куличка noun (a little tower)
- обсадна кула noun (a movable building)
- оръдейна кула noun (a revolving tower constructed of thick iron plates)
Catalan
2 entries- torrelló noun (a little tower)
- torreta noun (a revolving tower constructed of thick iron plates)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 炮塔 noun (a revolving tower constructed of thick iron plates)
Dutch
4 entries- belegeringstoren noun (a movable building)
- geschutskoepel noun (a revolving tower constructed of thick iron plates)
- geschuttoren noun (a little tower)
- geschuttorentje noun (a little tower)
Esperanto
1 entries- tureto noun (a little tower)
Estonian
1 entries- piiramistorn noun (a movable building)
Finnish
1 entries- tykkitorni noun (a revolving tower constructed of thick iron plates)
French
1 entries- tourelle noun (a little tower)
German
4 entries- Tourelle noun (a little tower)
- Turm noun (a revolving tower constructed of thick iron plates)
- Türmchen noun (a little tower)
- Türmlein noun (a little tower)
Hungarian
3 entries- lövegtorony noun (a revolving tower constructed of thick iron plates)
- tornyocska noun (a little tower)
- torony noun (a revolving tower constructed of thick iron plates)
Irish
1 entries- túirín noun (a little tower)
Italian
1 entries- torretta noun (a little tower)
Macedonian
2 entries- ку́личка noun (a little tower)
- торета noun (a little tower)
Māori
1 entries- maihi noun (a little tower)
Norman
1 entries- touothelle noun (a little tower)
Persian
1 entries- برجک noun (a little tower)
Polish
2 entries- wieżyczka noun (a little tower)
- wieżyczka noun (a revolving tower constructed of thick iron plates)
Portuguese
1 entries- torreta noun (a little tower)
Russian
4 entries- ба́шенка noun (a little tower)
- ба́шенка noun (a revolving tower constructed of thick iron plates)
- осадная башня noun (a movable building)
- тура noun (a movable building)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- kupola noun (a revolving tower constructed of thick iron plates)
Spanish
2 entries- torrecilla noun (a little tower)
- torreta noun (a revolving tower constructed of thick iron plates)
Swedish
4 entries- belägringstorn noun (a movable building)
- kanontorn noun (a revolving tower constructed of thick iron plates)
- torn noun (a little tower)
- turell noun (a little tower)
Uzbek
1 entries- bashnya noun (a little tower)
Welsh
2 entries- tyred noun (a little tower)
- tŵr bach noun (a little tower)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
IdaBot is a robot that looks like a tank without a turret, armed not with guns, but with cameras and radio frequency sensors.
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He pointed towards the turret.
Source: tatoeba (11904016)
He pointed in the direction of the turret.
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