Definitions of tower
-
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.
-
To
soar
into.
-
To
rise
and
overtop
other
objects;
to
be
lofty
or
very
high;
hence,
to
soar.
-
To
rise
to
a
great
height;
to
overtop
other
objects.
-
To
rise
into
the
air:
to
be
lofty.
-
To
be
lofty;
rise
aloft.
-
To
rise
like
a
tower.
-
To
be
lofty;
to
rise
and
fly
high;
to
soar.
-
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"
-
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.
-
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.
-
A
citadel;
a
fortress;
hence,
a
defense.
-
A
headdress
of
a
high
or
towerlike
form,
fashionable
about
the
end
of
the
seventeenth
century
and
until
1715;
also,
any
high
headdress.
-
High
flight;
elevation.
-
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.
-
A
lofty
building,
standing
alone
or
forming
part
of
another:
a
fortress.
-
A
lofty
building;
fortress.
-
A
lofty
structure;
a
citadel;
fortress.
-
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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