Tower

Noun



 * 1) A structure, usually taller than it is wide, often used as a lookout, usually unsupported by guy-wires.
 * From the top of the tower we could see far off into the distance.
 * 1)  Any item, such as a computer case, that is usually higher than it is wide.
 * 2)  An interlocking tower.
 * 3) The sixteenth trump or Major Arcana card in many Tarot decks, deemed an ill omen.

Synonyms

 * donjon

Derived terms

 * guardtower
 * interlocking tower
 * radio tower
 * watchtower


 * water tower
 * tower of Babel
 * towers of Hanoi
 * tower of strength

Verb

 * 1) To be considerably taller than.
 * The basketball players towered over their fans.

Noun

 * 1) One who tows.

Adjectives for Tower
preserved; flying; immortal; quaint; opal; crumbling; meridian; warlike; weird; machicolated; tranquil; nodding; martial-like; impertinent; rent;  gigantic;  stalagmite; feudal; baroque; temporary; square; leaning; low; tottering; church; strong; top.

Adverbs for Tower
magnificently; sublimely; martially; gigantically; precipitously; massively; awesomely; prodigiously; impressively.

Thesaurus
Texas tower, acropolis, antenna tower, architecture, arise, ascend, barbican, bastion, beachhead, beacon, bedrock, belfry, bell tower, belvedere, bench mark, bleachers, blockhouse, blossom, bookmark, brew, bridge, bridgehead, building, bulk, bulk large, bunker, burgeon, buss the clouds, cairn, campanile, castle, catstone, champion, citadel, colossus, column, come up, conning tower, construct, construction, court, cupola, curl upwards, defender, derrick, develop, dome, donjon, dungeon, edifice, erection, establishment, exceed, fabric, fasthold, fastness, fire tower, flourish, fort, fortress, foundation, gallery, garrison, garrison house, gather, gazebo, germinate, go up, grandstand, grow, grow up, hold, house, hypertrophy, increase, keep, landmark, lantern, levitate, lighthouse, lightship, lookout, loom, loom large, loophole, mansion, mark, marker, martello, martello tower, mast, mature, menhir, milepost, milestone, minaret, monument, mote, motte, mount, mushroom, obelisk, observation post, observation tower, observatory, outgrow, outlook, outsoar, outstrip, overdevelop, overgrow, overlook, overtop, packaged house, pagoda, palace, palais, palatial residence, palazzo, patron, patroness, peanut gallery, peel, peel tower, peephole, pharos, pilaster, pile, pillar, pillbox, pinnacle, platform, pole, post, prefab, prefabrication, prison, procreate, protector, protectress, pullulate, pylon, pyramid, rath, rear, rear up, reproduce, ringside, ringside seat, rise, rise above, rise up, rock, safehold, safekeeper, seamark, shaft, shoot up, sighthole, skyscraper, soar, spiral, spire, spring up, sprout, sprout up, stand on tiptoe, stand out, stand up, standpipe, steeple, strong point, stronghold, structure, stupa, superstructure, surge, swarm up, sweep up, television mast, thrive, top gallery, tope, tour, tower above, tower of strength, tower over, transcend, turret, up, upgo, upgrow, upheave, uprise, upshoot, upspear, upspin, upspring, upsprout, upstream, upsurge, upswarm, upwind, vegetate, villa, ward, watchtower, water tower, wax, windmill tower

Etymology 1
From torr:.

Noun

 * Afrikaans:
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 塔樓, 塔楼,, , , 樓臺, 楼台
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Faroese: torn
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Old French:
 * Middle French:
 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: turn
 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, タワー


 * Latin:
 * Macedonian:
 * Nahuatl: tlapilkoyan
 * Norwegian Bokmål:
 * Occitan:
 * Old Provençal:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Romansch: tur
 * Russian: ,
 * Scots:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: торањ
 * Roman: toranj
 * Slovak: veža
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish:
 * Uyghur: مۇنار
 * Welsh:
 * Welsh:


 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * German:


 * Japanese: タワー
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Scots:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:


 * Catalan: la torre, casa de déu
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * French: la maison dieu
 * German: der Turm
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: la torre, il fulmine


 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Polish: wieża, wieża boga
 * Portuguese: a torre, a casa de deus
 * Scots:
 * Spanish: la casa de dios


 * : tour, tourioù
 * : toren
 * : menara, tower
 * : turre
 * : 탑 (tap)
 * : turris
 * : torri


 * : torre
 * : turn
 * : veža
 * : stolp
 * : స్తూపము (stoopamu)
 * : kule
 * : tüm
 * : tŵr
 * : tŵr

Verb

 * Dutch: bovenuittorenen
 * Finnish: kohota korkealle
 * Hungarian: tornyosul
 * Icelandic: gnæfa
 * Interlingua: elevar se
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: そびえ立つ


 * Macedonian: се извишува, надраснува
 * Old English:
 * Portuguese: elevar-se
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Ukrainian: височіти

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