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What is the noun for turretlike?

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turret
  1. (architecture) A little tower, frequently a merely ornamental structure at one of the corners of a building or castle.
  2. (historical, military) 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.
  3. (electronics) A tower-like solder post on a turret board (a circuit board with posts instead of holes).
  4. (military) An armoured, rotating gun installation on a fort, ship, aircraft, or armoured fighting vehicle.
  5. (rail transport) The elevated central portion of the roof of a passenger car, with sides that are pierced for light and ventilation.
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  7. Examples:
    1. “A person attends at daybreak during winter at the Observatory, on the east turret of the castle, to see if any vessels are in danger.”
      “The old 57-mm quick-fire gun turrets were replaced by a more powerful 75-mm howitzer turret.”
      “The Constitution fired one shot from a single turret, blasting a hole into one side of the torus that formed the bulk of the station.”
turrets
  1. plural of turret
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  3. Examples:
    1. “With the tributes of war and taxes, he erected tall and strong turrets at every corner of his city and strengthened the ramparts of Abeluma.”
      “The old 57-mm quick-fire gun turrets were replaced by a more powerful 75-mm howitzer turret.”
      “The captain, Bell, survived and he ordered that the remaining turrets should fire on the Graf Spee.”
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