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Definition of 'tower'Alternative forms
* (obsolete)
Etymology 1
From (etyl) torr, from (etyl) turris. Probably influenced by Welsh .
Noun
( en-noun)
A structure, usually taller than it is wide, often used as a lookout, usually unsupported by guy-wires.
- From the top of the tower we could see far off into the distance.
(figuratively) Any item, such as a computer case, that is usually higher than it is wide.
(informal) An interlocking tower.
(figurative) A strong refuge; a defence.
* Bible, Psalms lxi. 3
- Thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy.
(historical) A tall fashionable headdress.
* Hudibras
- Lay trains of amorous intrigues / In towers , and curls, and periwigs.
(obsolete) High flight; elevation.
- (Johnson)
The sixteenth trump or Major Arcana card in many decks, deemed an ill omen.
Synonyms
* donjon
Derived terms
* control tower
* guardtower
* interlocking tower
( rel-mid3)
* radio tower
* siege tower
* tower of Babel
* towers of Hanoi
( rel-mid3)
* tower of strength
* watchtower
* water tower
( rel-bottom)
See also
*
* mast
Verb
To be very tall.
* {{quote-magazine|date=2013-08-03|volume=408|issue=8847|magazine=(The Economist)
|title= Revenge of the nerds
|passage=Think of banking today and the image is of grey-suited men in towering skyscrapers. Its future, however, is being shaped in converted warehouses and funky offices in San Francisco, New York and London, where bright young things in jeans and T-shirts huddle around laptops, sipping lattes or munching on free food.}}
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To be high or lofty; to soar.
* (William Shakespeare)
- My lord protector's hawks do tower so well.
(obsolete) To soar into.
- (Milton)
Derived terms
* tower over
Etymology 2
Noun
( en-noun)
One who tows.
* 1933 , Henry Sturmey, ?H. Walter Staner, The Autocar
- But as the tower and towee reached the cross-roads again, another car, negligently driven, came round the corner, hit the Morris, and severed the tow rope, sending the unfortunate car back again into the shop window
Anagrams
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Similar to 'tower'their, tear, tier, tour, torr, thier, thor, terr, thar, thair, tweer, twyer, twier, theyr, theer, thur, tahr, toyear, tiar, tawer, toyer, twoer, tyer, toeyer, toeier, tuyer, tawyer
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