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GUN ENCLOSURE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gun enclosure mean?
• GUN ENCLOSURE (noun)
The noun GUN ENCLOSURE has 1 sense:
1. a self-contained weapons platform housing guns and capable of rotation
Familiarity information: GUN ENCLOSURE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A self-contained weapons platform housing guns and capable of rotation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
gun enclosure; gun turret; turret
Hypernyms ("gun enclosure" is a kind of...):
platform; weapons platform (any military structure or vehicle bearing weapons)
Holonyms ("gun enclosure" is a part of...):
armored combat vehicle; armoured combat vehicle; army tank; tank (an enclosed armored military vehicle; has a cannon and moves on caterpillar treads)
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