Definition of tower

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Tower (n.) A citadel; a fortress; hence, a defense..

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Belfry :: Belfry (n.) A bell tower, usually attached to a church or other building, but sometimes separate; a campanile..
Pylon :: Pylon (n.) A low tower, having a truncated pyramidal form, and flanking an ancient Egyptian gateway..
Steeplechasing :: Steeple (n.) A spire; also, the tower and spire taken together; the whole of a structure if the roof is of spire form. See Spire..
Turret :: Turret (n.) A revolving tower constructed of thick iron plates, within which cannon are mounted. Turrets are used on vessels of war and on land..
Campanile :: Campanile (n.) A bell tower, esp. one built separate from a church..
Babel :: Babel (n.) The city and tower in the land of Shinar, where the confusion of languages took place..
Towered :: Towered (a.) Adorned or defended by towers.
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..
Rise :: Rise (v.) To tower up; to be heaved up; as, the Alps rise far above the sea..
Tower :: Tower (n.) A citadel; a fortress; hence, a defense..
Lofty :: Lofty (superl.) Lifted high up; having great height; towering; high.
Tower :: Tower (n.) High flight; elevation.
Towering :: towering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Towe.
Heave :: Heave (v. i.) To be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or mound..
Tower :: 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..
Towery :: Towery (a.) Having towers; adorned or defended by towers.
Tower :: Tower (v. t.) To soar into.
Phare :: Phare (n.) A beacon tower; a lighthouse.
Pane :: Pane (n.) A compartment of a surface, or a flat space; hence, one side or face of a building; as, an octagonal tower is said to have eight panes..
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..
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