Get to know Turret better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like tower or platform. In Dutch this translates to geschutskoepel.
Turret meaning
- A little tower, frequently a merely ornamental structure at one of the corners of a building or castle.
- 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.
- A tower-like solder post on a turret board (a circuit board with posts instead of holes).
Turret vertaling naar Nederlands
Using Turret
- The main meaning on this page is: A little tower, frequently a merely ornamental structure at one of the corners of a building or castle. | 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. | A tower-like solder post on a turret board (a circuit board with posts instead of holes).
- Useful related words include: tower, gun enclosure, gun turret, platform.
- Possible Dutch translations are: geschutskoepel, pantserkoepel.
- In the example corpus, turret often appears in combinations such as: the turret, turret and, turret of.
Context around Turret
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 10 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Turret
- In this selection, "turret" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, dorsal, panzer, chin, ring, complete and configuration stand out and add context to how "turret" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 360 rotation turret in a and a graceful turret. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "turret" sits close to words such as accuser, aden and adoptive, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with turret
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
And the turret remains untossed! (5 words)
Continue running as the turret will still be firing. (9 words)
An inflatable rubber hose around the turret ring created a waterproof seal between the hull and turret. (17 words)
Glanfield, Devil's Chariots In 1916, the French pioneered the use of a full 360° rotation turret in a tank for the first time, with the creation of the Renault FT light tank, with the turret containing the tank's main armament. (42 words)
Rather, Germany devised entire bunkers beneath the Panzer turret, complete with thicker 16 to 40mm armor to combat powerful tank destroyers, a commander's seat to control the turret, and a steel or concrete-covered compartment below to house the crew. (41 words)
Broadwater, 2012, p. 183 As archaeologists examined the contents of the turret after it has been landed aboard Wotan, they discovered a second skeleton, but removing it did not begin until the turret arrived at the Mariners' Museum for conservation. (40 words)
And the turret remains untossed! (5 words)
Example sentences (20)
Rather, Germany devised entire bunkers beneath the Panzer turret, complete with thicker 16 to 40mm armor to combat powerful tank destroyers, a commander's seat to control the turret, and a steel or concrete-covered compartment below to house the crew.
Additional armament included an additional dorsal turret in the radio room, a remotely operated and fired Bendix-built "chin turret" and twin convert guns in each of the waist positions.
Again, the turret configuration was dictated by the need to use the centre of the ship for machinery, despite the disadvantage of the turret layout.
An inflatable rubber hose around the turret ring created a waterproof seal between the hull and turret.
At 07:25, Ajax was hit by a convert shell that put "X" turret out of action and jammed "Y" turret, causing some casualties.
Broadwater, 2012, p. 183 As archaeologists examined the contents of the turret after it has been landed aboard Wotan, they discovered a second skeleton, but removing it did not begin until the turret arrived at the Mariners' Museum for conservation.
Elimination of the co-pilot saved weight, moving the dorsal turret forward counterbalanced in part the waist guns and the manned rear turret.
Glanfield, Devil's Chariots In 1916, the French pioneered the use of a full 360° rotation turret in a tank for the first time, with the creation of the Renault FT light tank, with the turret containing the tank's main armament.
It has a large flat-plate turret with slightly chamfered sides, vertical rear and very chmfered front and a large A-frame crane on the front of the turret.
Lion initially remained ready for sea duty despite the damaged turret, then underwent a month's repairs in July when Q turret was removed temporarily and replaced in September.
Moltke-class battlecruisers were constructed, adding an extra turret on the centre line astern, raised above the aft turret, but still using 28 cm guns.
The gun crew tried to escape into the next turret, which allowed the flash to spread into that turret as well, killing the crews of both turrets.
The turret is removed with the turret ring sealed, and the front of the vehicle is fitted with mine rollers.
Thompson, 1990, p. 226. Fine control of the turret proved to be difficult as the engine would have to be placed in reverse if the turret overshot its mark or another full rotation could be made.
Tucker's patents for the turret were licensed out to various manufacturers to mass-produce the turret in the high volume needed to meet wartime demand.
Although in many tower defense games, there is usually a set meta for upgrades and improvements, Legendre added that "really encourages experimentation," particularly with turret combinations and upgrades.
And the turret remains untossed!
Continue running as the turret will still be firing.
Debris from the vehicle - including a turret - soars into the air as a huge fireball rises hundreds of feet into the sky before the parts crash back down to earth.
It had wooden ceilings, including the one in the living room that incorporates an old boat mast, as well as a graceful turret.
Common combinations with turret
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the turret 69×
- turret and 18×
- turret of 7×
- dorsal turret 5×
- turret in 5×
- and turret 5×
- turret with 5×
- turret was 5×
- turret on 5×
- turret gunner 5×