a building or structure high in proportion to its lateral dimensions, either isolated or forming part of a building.
such a structure used as or intended for a stronghold, fortress, prison, etc.
any of various fully enclosed fireproof housings for vertical communications, as staircases, between the stories of a building.
any structure, contrivance, or object that resembles or suggests a tower.
a tall, movable structure used in ancient and medieval warfare in storming a fortified place.
Computers. a tall, vertical case with accessible horizontal drive bays, designed to house a computer system standing on a desk or floor.Compare minitower.
Aviation. control tower.
verb (used without object)
to rise or extend far upward, as a tower; reach or stand high: The skyscraper towers above the city.
to rise above or surpass others: She towers above the other students.
Falconry. (of a hawk) to rise straight into the air; to ring up.
Idioms for tower
tower of strength, a person who can be relied on for support, aid, or comfort, especially in times of difficulty.
Origin of tower
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First recorded before 900; Middle English noun tour, earlier tur, tor, from Old French tur, tor, from Latin turris, from Greek týrris, variant of týrsis “tower”; Middle English tor perhaps continuing Old English torr, from Latin turris, as above; late Middle English verb touren, derivative of the noun
They also think about equivalences between equivalences, and equivalences between equivalences between equivalences, and so on upward in a never-ending tower of relationships.
Conducting the Mathematical Orchestra From the Middle|Rachel Crowell|September 2, 2020|Quanta Magazine
He made headlines with plans for a “world wireless system,” and won funding from JP Morgan to build the first of several huge transmission towers.
New Zealand Is About to Test Long-Range Wireless Power Transmission|Jason Dorrier|August 30, 2020|Singularity Hub
Telecom operators are rolling it out in what we call macro sites outdoors, the big cell towers, and that’s to get coverage of the population.
‘Work to your strength’: Huawei’s CTO weighs in on U.S. efforts to build a Huawei alternative|Veta Chan|August 20, 2020|Fortune
The final design would be a hybrid, with the concrete base supporting a steel tower and turbine.
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These features included the machicoulis, a dropbox-like overhanging structure from where defenders could shoot at the besiegers, and the talus battered-face of the walls that created hard gradients for the approaching siege towers and ladders.
History of the Crusades: Origins, Politics, and Crusaders|Dattatreya Mandal|March 23, 2020|Realm of History
It involved a model of the tower set on its side for the shot.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The camera dollied backward along the length of the tower's staircase while simultaneously its lens zoomed forward.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It made sense with so many suspects at hand, less so with the tower entrance separated from them by a forty foot wall.
A Million Ways to Die in Prison|Daniel Genis|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He used the powerful assault rifle issued to all guards on tower duty.
A Million Ways to Die in Prison|Daniel Genis|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The scorned party in a love-triangle, he blew his head off while serving overnight tower duty in 2007.
A Million Ways to Die in Prison|Daniel Genis|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The day he went to the Tower, the mob lit bonfires and danced round them for joy.
Old and New London|Walter Thornbury
The next day she betook herself by water to the Tower, and received the homage offered her.
A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century, Volume I (of 6)|Leopold von Ranke
Emma von der Tann followed her guide up a winding stairway which spiraled within a tower at the end of a long passage.
The Mad King|Edgar Rice Burroughs
The eldership has ever been a tower of strength in the Covenanted Church.
Sketches of the Covenanters|J. C. McFeeters
And I told him, till we almost ran blindly into the tower of the St. Denis gate.
Helmet of Navarre|Bertha Runkle
British Dictionary definitions for tower
tower
/ (ˈtaʊə) /
noun
a tall, usually square or circular structure, sometimes part of a larger building and usually built for a specific purposea church tower; a control tower
a place of defence or retreat
a mobile structure used in medieval warfare to attack a castle, etc
tower of strengtha person who gives support, comfort, etc
verb
(intr)to be or rise like a tower; loom
Word Origin for tower
C12: from Old French tur, from Latin turris, from Greek