TOWER
\tˈa͡ʊə], \tˈaʊə], \t_ˈaʊ_ə]\
Definitions of TOWER
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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anything tall and thin approximating the shape of a column or tower; "the test tube held a column of white powder"; "a tower of dust rose above the horizon"; "a thin pillar of smoke betrayed their campsite"
By Princeton University
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anything tall and thin approximating the shape of a column or tower; "the test tube held a column of white powder"; "a tower of dust rose above the horizon"; "a thin pillar of smoke betrayed their campsite"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A projection from a line of wall, as a fortification, for purposes of defense, as a flanker, either or the same height as the curtain wall or higher.
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A structure appended to a larger edifice for a special purpose, as for a belfry, and then usually high in proportion to its width and to the height of the rest of the edifice; as, a church tower.
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A citadel; a fortress; hence, a defense.
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A headdress of a high or towerlike form, fashionable about the end of the seventeenth century and until 1715; also, any high headdress.
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High flight; elevation.
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To rise and overtop other objects; to be lofty or very high; hence, to soar.
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To soar into.
By Oddity Software
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A projection from a line of wall, as a fortification, for purposes of defense, as a flanker, either or the same height as the curtain wall or higher.
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A structure appended to a larger edifice for a special purpose, as for a belfry, and then usually high in proportion to its width and to the height of the rest of the edifice; as, a church tower.
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A citadel; a fortress; hence, a defense.
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A headdress of a high or towerlike form, fashionable about the end of the seventeenth century and until 1715; also, any high headdress.
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High flight; elevation.
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To rise and overtop other objects; to be lofty or very high; hence, to soar.
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To soar into.
By Noah Webster.
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A high structure, square or circular, rising above its surroundings, and either standing alone or attached to a building; as, a watchtower; a church tower; a citadel or fortress.
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To rise to a great height; to overtop other objects.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A lofty building, standing alone or forming part of another: a fortress.
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To rise into the air: to be lofty.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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To rise and fly high; to soar; to be lofty. Tower of London, an ancient citadel on the Thames, containing an arsenal, &c. Tower-bastion, a small tower made in the form of bastions, with rooms or cells beneath for men and guns.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A lofty building, circular or square, consisting of many stories; a part of a building rising high above the main edifice; high flight; elevation.
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To be lofty; to rise and fly high; to soar.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. [Anglo-Saxon, French, Latin] A lofty building much higher than broad, and variously shaped, standing alone or forming part of another edifice, as of a church, castle, &c.;-a citadel ; a fortress; hence, a defender;- a high head-dress formerly in vogue ;-a high flight ; elevation.
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