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tower
1[ tou-er ]
noun
- a building or structure high in proportion to its lateral dimensions, either isolated or forming part of a building.
- such a structure used as or intended for a stronghold, fortress, prison, etc.
- any of various fully enclosed fireproof housings for vertical communications, as staircases, between the stories of a building.
- any structure, contrivance, or object that resembles or suggests a tower.
- a tall, movable structure used in ancient and medieval warfare in storming a fortified place.
- Computers. a tall, vertical case with accessible horizontal drive bays, designed to house a computer system standing on a desk or floor. Compare minitower.
- Aviation. control tower.
verb (used without object)
- to rise or extend far upward, as a tower; reach or stand high:
The skyscraper towers above the city.
- to rise above or surpass others:
She towers above the other students.
- Falconry. (of a hawk) to rise straight into the air; to ring up.
tower
2[ toh-er ]
noun
- a person or thing that tows.
tower
/ ˈٲʊə /
noun
- a tall, usually square or circular structure, sometimes part of a larger building and usually built for a specific purpose
a church tower
a control tower
- a place of defence or retreat
- a mobile structure used in medieval warfare to attack a castle, etc
- tower of strengtha person who gives support, comfort, etc
verb
- intr to be or rise like a tower; loom
Other Word Forms
- ٴǷİ· adjective
- ٴǷİ· adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of tower1
Word History and Origins
Origin of tower1
Idioms and Phrases
- tower of strength, a person who can be relied on for support, aid, or comfort, especially in times of difficulty.
More idioms and phrases containing tower
In addition to the idiom beginning with tower , also see ivory towerExample Sentences
After all, it is because of the railroad that this city, tucked among craggy peaks and towering trees, exists at all.
A 40-ton gray whale surfaced beside me — spy-hopping, they call it — her towering grace lifting from the water, close enough that I could see the walnut shine of her left eye.
Private buyers or public entities such as Los Angeles County have picked up some downtown office towers at “huge discounts” compared with what it would cost to erect similar new buildings, Zanetos said.
One, roughly the size and shape of a small vending machine, is in street clothes while the other towers over him in skates and a white-and-black hockey sweater.
On many rural roads, repeated resurfacing has left the main road towering six to eight inches above the shoulder.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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