All minaret synonyms

noun minaret

• tower — the fiber of flax, hemp, or jute prepared for spinning by scutching.
• monument — something erected in memory of a person, event, etc., as a building, pillar, or statue: the Washington Monument.
• pylon — a marking post or tower for guiding aviators, frequently used in races.
• caryatid — a column, used to support an entablature, in the form of a draped female figure
• stele — an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
• peristyle — a colonnade surrounding a building or an open space.
• stronghold — a well-fortified place; fortress.
• lookout — Cape, a sandy reef in the Outer Banks, off E North Carolina, SW of Cape Hatteras: lighthouse.
• fortification — the act of fortifying or strengthening.
• belfry — The belfry of a church is the top part of its tower, where the bells are.
• skyscraper — a relatively tall building of many stories, especially one for office or commercial use.
• column — A column is a tall, often decorated cylinder of stone which is built to honour someone or forms part of a building.
• pillar — an upright shaft or structure, of stone, brick, or other material, relatively slender in proportion to its height, and of any shape in section, used as a building support, or standing alone, as for a monument: Gothic pillars; a pillar to commemorate Columbus.
• keep — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
• refuge — shelter or protection from danger, trouble, etc.: to take refuge from a storm.
• castle — A castle is a large building with thick, high walls. Castles were built by important people, such as kings, in former times, especially for protection during wars and battles.
• citadel — In the past, a citadel was a strong building in or near a city, where people could shelter for safety.
• fortress — a large fortified place; a fort or group of forts, often including a town; citadel.
• fort — a strong or fortified place occupied by troops and usually surrounded by walls, ditches, and other defensive works; a fortress; fortification.
• lathe — a machine for use in working wood, metal, etc., that holds the material and rotates it about a horizontal axis against a tool that shapes it.
• ziggurat — (among the ancient Babylonians and Assyrians) a temple of Sumerian origin in the form of a pyramidal tower, consisting of a number of stories and having about the outside a broad ascent winding round the structure, presenting the appearance of a series of terraces.
• head — Edith, 1897–1981, U.S. costume designer.
• turret — a small tower, usually one forming part of a larger structure.
• spire — a coil or spiral.
• dome — Architecture. a vault, having a circular plan and usually in the form of a portion of a sphere, so constructed as to exert an equal thrust in all directions. a domical roof or ceiling. a polygonal vault, ceiling, or roof.
• cupola — A cupola is a roof or part of a roof that is shaped like a dome.
• steeple — an ornamental construction, usually ending in a spire, erected on a roof or tower of a church, public building, etc.
• carillon — a set of bells usually hung in a tower and played either by keys and pedals or mechanically
• campanile — (esp in Italy) a bell tower, not usually attached to another building
• cylinder — A cylinder is an object with flat circular ends and long straight sides.
• monolith — an obelisk, column, large statue, etc., formed of a single block of stone.
• buttress — Buttresses are supports, usually made of stone or brick, that support a wall.
• totem — a natural object or an animate being, as an animal or bird, assumed as the emblem of a clan, family, or group.
• pedestal — an architectural support for a column, statue, vase, or the like.
• support — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
• prop — to support, or prevent from falling, with or as if with a prop (often followed by up): to prop an old fence; to prop up an unpopular government.
• brace — If you brace yourself for something unpleasant or difficult, you prepare yourself for it.
• obelisk — a tapering, four-sided shaft of stone, usually monolithic and having a pyramidal apex.
• standard — something considered by an authority or by general consent as a basis of comparison; an approved model.
• upright — erect or vertical, as in position or posture.
• post — power-on self-test
• stay — (of a ship) to change to the other tack.
• pier — a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
• shaft — a long pole forming the body of various weapons, as lances, halberds, or arrows.
• mast — the fruit of the oak and beech or other forest trees, used as food for hogs and other animals.
• tower — the fiber of flax, hemp, or jute prepared for spinning by scutching.
• colonnade — A colonnade is a row of evenly-spaced columns.
• pilaster — a shallow rectangular feature projecting from a wall, having a capital and base and usually imitating the form of a column.
• underpinning — a system of supports beneath a wall or the like.