Definition of tower

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Tower (n.) A projection from a line of wall, as a fortification, for purposes of defense, as a flanker, either or the same height as the curtain wall or higher..

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Belfry :: Belfry (n.) A bell tower, usually attached to a church or other building, but sometimes separate; a campanile..
High :: High (superl.) Elevated above any starting point of measurement, as a line, or surface; having altitude; lifted up; raised or extended in the direction of the zenith; lofty; tall; as, a high mountain, tower, tree; the sun is high..
Heave :: Heave (v. i.) To be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or mound..
Towering :: Towering (a.) Very high; elevated; rising aloft; as, a towering height..
Lantern :: Lantern (n.) A cage or open chamber of rich architecture, open below into the building or tower which it crowns..
Giver :: Giver (n.) One who gives; a donor; a bestower; a grantor; one who imparts or distributes.
Castle :: Castle (n.) A small tower, as on a ship, or an elephant's back..
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) Shade within defined limits; obscurity or deprivation of light, apparent on a surface, and representing the form of the body which intercepts the rays of light; as, the shadow of a man, of a tree, or of a tower. See the Note under Shade, n., 1..
Babel :: Babel (n.) The city and tower in the land of Shinar, where the confusion of languages took place..
Top :: Top (v. i.) To rise aloft; to be eminent; to tower; as, lofty ridges and topping mountains..
Aspire :: Aspire (v. t.) To rise; to ascend; to tower; to soar.
Lighthouse :: Lighthouse (n.) A tower or other building with a powerful light at top, erected at the entrance of a port, or at some important point on a coast, to serve as a guide to mariners at night; a pharos..
Conning Tower :: Conning tower (n.) The shot-proof pilot house of a war vessel.
Tower :: Tower (v. i.) To rise and overtop other objects; to be lofty or very high; hence, to soar..
Disposer :: Disposer (n.) One who, or that which, disposes; a regulator; a director; a bestower..
Tower :: Tower (n.) A structure appended to a larger edifice for a special purpose, as for a belfry, and then usually high in proportion to its width and to the height of the rest of the edifice; as, a church tower..
Barbacan :: Barbacan (n.) A tower or advanced work defending the entrance to a castle or city, as at a gate or bridge. It was often large and strong, having a ditch and drawbridge of its own..
Towered :: Towered (a.) Adorned or defended by towers.
Tower :: Tower (n.) High flight; elevation.
Martello Tower :: Martello tower () A building of masonry, generally circular, usually erected on the seacoast, with a gun on the summit mounted on a traversing platform, so as to be fired in any direction..
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