tower
noun /ˈtaʊə(r)/
/ˈtaʊər/
Idioms 
enlarge imagea tall narrow building or part of a building, especially of a church or castle- a bell tower
- the Eiffel Tower
- a 19-storey office tower
- The castle is rectangular in shape, with a tower at each corner.
Extra ExamplesTopics Buildingsa2, Religion and festivalsa2- Armed guards manned the lookout towers.
- They lived in a ten-storey tower in the town centre.
- Twin towers flanked the castle gateway.
- the spot where the towers once stood
- The brick tower was built in around four months.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- high
- high-rise
- lofty
- …
- collapse
- fall
- stand
- …
- block
- (often in compounds) a tall structure used for sending television or radio signals
- a television tower
- (usually in compounds) a tall piece of furniture used for storing things
- a CD tower
Word OriginOld English torr, reinforced in Middle English by Old French tour, from Latin turris, from Greek.
Idioms
a tower of strength
- a person that you can rely on to help, protect and comfort you when you are in trouble
- He was a tower of strength to his sisters when their father died.