Definition of tower

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

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Giver :: Giver (n.) One who gives; a donor; a bestower; a grantor; one who imparts or distributes.
Towered :: towered (imp. & p. p.) of Towe.
Pagoda :: Pagoda (n.) A term by which Europeans designate religious temples and tower-like buildings of the Hindoos and Buddhists of India, Farther India, China, and Japan, -- usually but not always, devoted to idol worship..
Watchtower :: Watchtower (n.) A tower in which a sentinel is placed to watch for enemies, the approach of danger, or the like..
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..
Towering :: Towering (a.) Hence, extreme; violent; surpassing..
Towered :: Towered (a.) Adorned or defended by towers.
Tower :: Tower (n.) A mass of building standing alone and insulated, usually higher than its diameter, but when of great size not always of that proportion..
Overtower :: Overtower (v. i.) To soar too high.
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..
Bastile Bastille :: Bastile Bastille (n.) A tower or an elevated work, used for the defense, or in the siege, of a fortified place..
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..
Tor :: Tor (n.) A tower; a turret.
Overtower :: Overtower (v. t.) To tower over or above.
Campanile :: Campanile (n.) A bell tower, esp. one built separate from a church..
Belfry :: Belfry (n.) A bell tower, usually attached to a church or other building, but sometimes separate; a campanile..
Water Tower :: Water tower () A large metal pipe made to be extended vertically by sections, and used for discharging water upon burning buildings..
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..
Towering :: Towering (a.) Very high; elevated; rising aloft; as, a towering height..
Turreted :: Turreted (a.) Formed like a tower; as, a turreted lamp..
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