TOWER

Tower

A tower is a tall structure, usually taller than it is wide, often by a significant margin. Towers are distinguished from masts by their lack of guy-wires.

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tower

Noun

  1. A structure, usually taller than it is wide, often used as a lookout, usually unsupported by guy-wires.
    From the top of the tower we could see far off into the distance.
  2. Any item, such as a computer case, that is usually higher than it is wide.
  3. An interlocking tower.
  4. A strong refuge; a defence.
  5. A tall fashionable headdress.
  6. High flight; elevation.
  7. The sixteenth trump or Major Arcana card in many decks, deemed an ill omen.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. One who tows.

Verb

  1. To be very tall.
  2. To be high or lofty; to soar.
  3. To soar into.


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