tower
547
1.0
- noun
- /ˈtaʊər/
:
torre
- The ancient castle had a tall stone tower that overlooked the village.
- bell tower
- water tower
- phone tower
Let's do the famous tower of phones watch this.
- Let's do the famous tower of phones watch this.
- These are major towers, like broadcast towers, three legs.
- And he's parked by the central tower in a rental car.
- cities, and thanks to their low band towers, it'll even work indoors.
- There used to be a grain tower alone on the sea.
- I saw the South Tower fall in front of my eyes.
- Teacher turns on the TV and then the second tower goes down.
- I'm at the I'm at the tower and Adam's up there.
- It's struggling the most for using a tower cooler like this one.
Examples
-
There was a church tower on the left and I can't see it anymore.
-
What if you could build a tower to heaven?
-
All right, the tower that is standing will win.
-
I saw the South Tower fall in front of my eyes.
-
We pulled the cell tower nearby.
-
There used to be a grain tower alone on the sea.
-
Maybe it's a fire tower or some kind of ranger station, long forgotten.
-
The three of us sat with our backs against the tower, right under the huge white numbers.
Fiction book (1990) -
So in this building, there's the residence tower and the hotel guest tower.
-
On the town's flanks stood a water tower and a grain elevator.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
110
1.6
A tall upright pillar that supports a building or the body
20
3.6
A tall narrow column of light, smoke, or dust in the air
16
4.9
A tall, narrow tower on a church that ends in a point
16
2.9
A tall structure that stores water high to keep water flowing to a town
12
7.2
A small tower on the corner of a building used for looking out
8
8.4
A tall, thin tower at a mosque where someone calls people to prayer
8
3.3
A tall structure, often part of a church or public building, that holds bells
4
4.5
A tall tower at a factory or power plant that cools water by letting some water evaporate
1
2.1
A tall part of a church that often has bells
1
4.2
A tall building that lets you see far across the land or sea for sightseeing
A tall structure that holds and steadies bridges or power lines
A tall tower that holds antennas to send and receive radio or phone signals
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
5
3.1
A tall airport building with glass where people watch and direct planes
- Specialized
4
4.5
A tall tower at a factory or power plant that cools water by letting some water evaporate
3
3.8
A very tall building in Chicago, once the world's tallest and now called the Willis Tower
2
4.2
An old castle in London that was a royal palace and prison and now holds the crown jewels
2
4.0
A round marble bell tower in Pisa that tilts because the ground under it is soft
- Archaic
1
8.8
A raised part on a submarine or warship where the crew look out, steer, and give orders
- Literature
1
7.7
A tall tower in the Bible where God causes people to speak different languages
1
4.2
A tall building that lets you see far across the land or sea for sightseeing
- Specialized
1
3.3
A central system that watches and controls many operations in real time
- Archaic
A small round stone fort on the coast built to defend against attacks in the 1800s
- Archaic
A tall structure that holds an airship on the ground when it is not flying
- UK
A plant in the cabbage family with stems that grow straight up and small white flowers
A tall building used to make small round lead balls for guns by dropping hot lead into water
- Specialized
A tall tower that holds antennas to send and receive radio or phone signals
How Tall
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tower comes from an old Latin word turris meaning 'high building', so think of a tall, narrow castle or stack; that image is why a tower is any tall, narrow structure or thing that looks like one.