martello tower

Noun

Meaning

A building of masonry, generally circular, usually erected on the seacoast, with a gun on the summit mounted on a traversing platform, so as to be fired in any direction.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

fort derrick garrison lantern belfry colossus mote dome castle barbican keep obelisk acropolis campanile column
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Antonyms

shack strike cabin forsake assail

Hypernyms

fort fortress

Examples

South Walls has a 19th-century Martello tower and is connected to Hoy by the Ayre. Source: Internet

Minorcan countryside Cala Trebalúger Martello tower, Alcaufar with Illa de l'aire lighthouse in the distance. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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