Definition of tower

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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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Turrical :: Turrical (a.) Of or pertaining to a turret, or tower; resembling a tower..
Overtower :: Overtower (v. i.) To soar too high.
Tower :: Tower (v. i.) To rise and overtop other objects; to be lofty or very high; hence, to soar..
Phare :: Phare (n.) A beacon tower; a lighthouse.
Pylon :: Pylon (n.) An Egyptian gateway to a large building (with or without flanking towers).
Campanile :: Campanile (n.) A bell tower, esp. one built separate from a church..
Turret :: Turret (n.) A little tower, frequently a merely ornamental structure at one of the angles of a larger structure..
Squinsy :: Squinch (n.) A small arch thrown across the corner of a square room to support a superimposed mass, as where an octagonal spire or drum rests upon a square tower; -- called also sconce, and sconcheon..
Towering :: towering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Towe.
Babel :: Babel (n.) The city and tower in the land of Shinar, where the confusion of languages took place..
Aspire :: Aspire (v. t.) To rise; to ascend; to tower; to soar.
Starling :: Starling (n.) Any passerine bird belonging to Sturnus and allied genera. The European starling (Sturnus vulgaris) is dark brown or greenish black, with a metallic gloss, and spotted with yellowish white. It is a sociable bird, and builds about houses, old towers, etc. Called also stare, and starred. The pied starling of India is Sternopastor contra..
Towered :: Towered (a.) Adorned or defended by towers.
Lantern :: Lantern (n.) A cage or open chamber of rich architecture, open below into the building or tower which it crowns..
Water Tower :: Water tower () A large metal pipe made to be extended vertically by sections, and used for discharging water upon burning buildings..
Castle :: Castle (n.) A small tower, as on a ship, or an elephant's back..
Garret :: Garret (n.) A turret; a watchtower.
Top :: Top (v. i.) To rise aloft; to be eminent; to tower; as, lofty ridges and topping mountains..
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.
Watchtower :: Watchtower (n.) A tower in which a sentinel is placed to watch for enemies, the approach of danger, or the like..
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