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supporting tower

supporting tower

4.5
A tall structure that holds and steadies bridges or power lines
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : torre de soporte
  • Each supporting tower is designed to withstand harsh weather conditions while holding up the cables.

Examples

  • The new bridge was built with a strong supporting tower to ensure its stability.

  • Rick looked away, but a flicker of motion drew his attention back to pad 34, where brilliant floodlights now lit a gleaming white rocket and its orange support tower.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • Engineers installed a supporting tower to help distribute the weight of the power lines.

Synonyms

tower
vssupporting tower
547 1.0

A tall, narrow thing that looks like a building

is focused on carrying and steadying heavy loads for other constructions
pier
vssupporting tower
  • Specialized
22 3.6

A strong upright support in a building or bridge that holds weight

is freestanding and built mainly to hold or steady large spans or lines
stilt
vssupporting tower
  • Specialized
4 4.9

A tall post that supports a building above the ground or water

is instead erected to bear weight and steady other constructions
supporting structure
vssupporting tower
1 4.0

A part that holds something and keeps it upright, like columns or a skeleton

refers specifically to a tall load-bearing form used for large external works
support column
vssupporting tower
  • Specialized
1 3.9

A vertical post that holds heavy weight in a building or bridge

is used to bear and steady large external works like bridge spans or cables

How Strong

pier
125 1.4
supporting tower
  • Specialized
4.5
pylon
6 5.2
post
99 1.0
pole
318 1.0

Surface Forms

supporting tower singular
supporting towers plural

Morphology

supporting + tower

The noun phrase 'supporting tower' is transparently composed from 'supporting' (able to bear weight) + 'tower' (a tall vertical structure), so its meaning 'a tower that bears or steadies another structure' follows directly from the constituents. This adjective + noun composition is a common, cross-linguistic pattern and would be readily understood by a B1 learner who knows both words.

Etymology

The compound noun supporting tower comes from the clear image of a tower that is supporting something heavy, like a bridge or power line. So it means a tower built to 'hold' or 'steady' another structure.