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MARTELLO TOWER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does martello tower mean?
• MARTELLO TOWER (noun)
The noun MARTELLO TOWER has 1 sense:
1. a circular masonry fort for coastal defence
Familiarity information: MARTELLO TOWER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A circular masonry fort for coastal defence
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("martello tower" is a kind of...):
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