clock tower
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- noun
- /klɑk ˈtaʊər/
:
torre del reloj
- You can see the time clearly from the clock tower in the town square.
- clock tower in town
- tall clock tower
- ornate clock tower
And even to this this this clock tower is just a kind of this phallic symbol hidden in the woods is also just as.
- And even to this this this clock tower is just a kind of this phallic symbol hidden in the woods is also just as.
Examples
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The day will include entertainment, a lighting ceremony at the clock tower, and new this year, a flotilla on the river.
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At the center of the shot, you can see the two clock towers of the Catholic Basilica.
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Look, meet me by the clock tower in the park.
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It's right in front of the clock tower.
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Never seen a clock tower before?
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There is talk of an enormous clock tower so that people will be able to see their parliament for miles around.
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There will be a lighting ceremony again this year at 5 PM at the clock tower.
Blog text (22) -
The first sign of the town was the courthouse clock tower, standing taller than anything else on the horizon.
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The main building, with its crenellated clock tower, is perched on a hill overlooking landscaped gardens and rolling fields.
Fiction book (1998) -
Disputes were settled under the domed clock tower of the Divide County courthouse, a neoclassical revival structure built in 1917.
Academic text (2001)
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently built from 'clock' (a timekeeping device) + 'tower' (a tall vertical structure); a B1 learner who knows both words can infer a tower that has a clock. This noun–noun compounding pattern is common across languages and follows standard English composition, so the sense is immediately comprehensible without prior exposure.
Etymology
The name clock tower comes from the simple picture of a big clock set high in a tower so people in the town could 'tell the time' from far away, and that's why it means a tall building with a large outside clock.