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tower /towr, towˈər/ noun- A tall building, standing alone or forming part of another, eg a church
- A fortress, castle, with or consisting of a tower
- A place of defence or retreat
- A medieval war machine consisting of a tall movable structure, which allowed access to a castle's ramparts from outside (historical)
- A control tower
- A floor-standing unit housing a computer (computing)
- (esp in the 17c) a woman's high headdress
- The high flight of a bird
intransitive verb- To rise into the air (above)
- To be or stand very high or tall
- To be superior
- (of eg a hawk) to soar up high so as to swoop on quarry
transitive verb (Milton)To rise aloft into ORIGIN: OFr tur, from L turris a tower towˈered adjective towˈering adjective - Very tall, elevated
- (eg of anger, rage) very violent or intense
towˈeringly adverb towˈerless adjective towˈery adjective - Having towers
- Very tall
tower block noun A tall building containing offices or residential flats tower captain noun The leader of a group of bellringers tower mill see smock mill under smock towˈer-shell noun A gastropod (genus Turritella) with an elongated many-whorled spiral shell, or its shell tower of strength A stable, reliable person tower over - To be considerably taller than
- To be markedly superior to
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