tower
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
tower/ˈtaʊə(r)/
▶noun
- 1 a tall, narrow building, either free-standing or forming part of another building such as a church or castle.
- 2 a tall structure that houses machinery, operators, etc.
- 3 a tall structure used as a receptacle or for storage.
- 1 rise to or reach a great height: he towered over everyone else.
- 2 (of a bird) soar up to a great height, especially (of a falcon) so as to be able to swoop down on prey.
– derivatives
towered adjective,
towery adjective (literary).
towered adjective,
towery adjective (literary).
– origin OE torr, reinforced in ME by OFr. tour, from L. turris, from Gk.
'tower' also found in these Oxford entries:
aspire
- babel
- barbican
- base jump
- beefeater
- belfry
- blast furnace
- broach spire
- broch
- campanile
- clock tower
- conning tower
- control tower
- cooling tower
- donjon
- dungeon
- folly
- helter-skelter
- ivory tower
- keep
- lighthouse
- Martello
- minaret
- mirador
- mixed metaphor
- nuragh
- overshadow
- pagoda
- peel
- pylon
- saddleback
- shot tower
- silo
- spire
- squinch
- steeple
- strength
- tabernacle clock
- tower block
- tower of silence
- turret
- viewport
- watchtower
- water tower
- Yeoman Warder
- ziggurat
