Definition of tower

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

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Dispart :: Dispart (v. t.) To part asunder; to divide; to separate; to sever; to rend; to rive or split; as, disparted air; disparted towers..
Belfry :: Belfry (n.) A bell tower, usually attached to a church or other building, but sometimes separate; a campanile..
Tower :: Tower (n.) A citadel; a fortress; hence, a defense..
Tour :: Tour (n.) A tower.
Towering :: Towering (a.) Hence, extreme; violent; surpassing..
Broach :: Broach (n.) A spire rising from a tower.
Stony :: Stony (superl.) Of or pertaining to stone, consisting of, or abounding in, stone or stones; resembling stone; hard; as, a stony tower; a stony cave; stony ground; a stony crust..
Overtop :: Overtop (v. t.) To rise above the top of; to exceed in height; to tower above.
Lantern :: Lantern (n.) A cage or open chamber of rich architecture, open below into the building or tower which it crowns..
Turreted :: Turreted (a.) Formed like a tower; as, a turreted lamp..
Curtain :: Curtain (n.) That part of a wall of a building which is between two pavilions, towers, etc..
Overtower :: Overtower (v. i.) To soar too high.
Campanile :: Campanile (n.) A bell tower, esp. one built separate from a church..
Spire :: Spire (n.) A tapering body that shoots up or out to a point in a conical or pyramidal form. Specifically (Arch.), the roof of a tower when of a pyramidal form and high in proportion to its width; also, the pyramidal or aspiring termination of a tower which can not be said to have a roof, such as that of Strasburg cathedral; the tapering part of a steeple, or the steeple itself..
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..
Towering :: towering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Towe.
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..
Pylon :: Pylon (n.) An Egyptian gateway to a large building (with or without flanking towers).
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..
Towering :: Towering (a.) Very high; elevated; rising aloft; as, a towering height..
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