clock towernoun [ C ]
uk/ˈklɒk ˌtaʊ.ər/us/ˈklɑːk ˌtaʊ.ɚ/a tall, narrow building, or part of a building, that has a clock at the top of it
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Public buildings
- art gallery
- basilica
- bath
- bathhouse
- centre
- chancellery
- gallery
- guildhall
- hall
- Hall of Fame
- leisure centre
- office building
- pavilion
- public library
- reference library
- register office
- registry
- teardown
- telephone exchange
- town hall
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Examples from literature
- It is a world of cupolas, clock towers, and minarets, which the storks appear to make their home, and there are thousands of these birds in the town.
- The Westminster clock tower.
- The buildings of this market are Dutch in style and have a quaint clock tower.
- They were near the great clock tower just as the chimes began to peal forth their weird melodies.
- Two of the machine guns were mounted in the clock tower, a position commanding the range of the street.