Definition of tower

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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..

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Tour :: Tour (n.) A tower.
Overtower :: Overtower (v. i.) To soar too high.
Watchtower :: Watchtower (n.) A tower in which a sentinel is placed to watch for enemies, the approach of danger, or the like..
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..
Turreted :: Turreted (a.) Formed like a tower; as, a turreted lamp..
Tower :: Tower (v. t.) To soar into.
Turret :: Turret (n.) A little tower, frequently a merely ornamental structure at one of the angles of a larger structure..
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..
Towered :: towered (imp. & p. p.) of Towe.
Daw :: Daw (n.) A European bird of the Crow family (Corvus monedula), often nesting in church towers and ruins; a jackdaw..
Curtain :: Curtain (n.) That part of a wall of a building which is between two pavilions, towers, etc..
Towering :: Towering (a.) Very high; elevated; rising aloft; as, a towering height..
Rondel :: Rondel (n.) A small round tower erected at the foot of a bastion.
Donjon :: Donjon (n.) The chief tower, also called the keep; a massive tower in ancient castles, forming the strongest part of the fortifications. See Illust. of Castle..
Overbulk :: Overbulk (v. t.) To oppress by bulk; to overtower.
Lofty :: Lofty (superl.) Lifted high up; having great height; towering; high.
Disposer :: Disposer (n.) One who, or that which, disposes; a regulator; a director; a bestower..
Broach :: Broach (n.) A spire rising from a tower.
Belfry :: Belfry (n.) A room in a tower in which a bell is or may be hung; or a cupola or turret for the same purpose.
Tower :: Tower (n.) A headdress of a high or towerlike form, fashionable about the end of the seventeenth century and until 1715; also, any high headdress..
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