minaret
minaret
Definition
mina·ret (min′ə ret′, min′ə ret′)
noun
a high, slender tower attached to a mosque, with one or more projecting balconies from which a muezzin, or crier, calls the people to prayer
Etymology: Fr < Turk menāret < Ar manāra(t), lighthouse, minaret < base of nār, fire
minaret
Synonyms
minaret
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- mosque: I heard the call to prayer from the tiered minarets of the mosque of Sultan Hassan.
Converse of object
- have: The impressive State Mosque, clad in Italian marble, has a minaret rising from the center of a reflecting pool within its walls.
- see: And it's so flat that from almost anywhere in town you can see the landmark minaret of the Koutoubia Mosque.
- fade: Faded minarets, pavement markets, Arabian sweet shops and the crumbling remains of ancient civilisations.. .
- call: Very often Mosques have a domed roof and a tall tower called a minaret.
- set: He will descend onto a white minaret set in the eastern part of Damascus.
Adjective modifier
- tall: Here stands the Hassan II Mosque, the world's largest mosque with one of the world's tallest minarets.
- white: He will descend onto a white minaret set in the eastern part of Damascus.
- slender: The fort has a three storied structure with slender minarets at the South Gate.
- twin: The use of twin minarets at Erzurum and at Sivas indicates the importance of Imperial symbolism in medrese design.
- needle-like: With its distinctive dome and needle-like minaret, the mosque was built by the Ottoman Turks in 1816.
Modifies a noun
- tower: On either side of the main door-way, are two minaret towers, which rise to the height of a hundred feet.
- roller: The dining room tall minarets roller new york be going on.
- wall: The methods of construction in the enclosure wall and abutted minaret walls also differ markedly.
Noun used with modifier
- spiral: The latter sponsored the construction of the Great Mosque of Samarra with its unique spiral minaret, built in 847.
- mud-brick: Figure 1. The Minaret of Jam - at 63m high, the second tallest mud-brick minaret in the world.
- mosque: Appeals blared from the mosque minarets implored people to stop destroying the city, the Arab language TV al-Jazeera reported.
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