tower
1a 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.
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 about tower
tower of strength, a person who can be relied on for support, aid, or comfort, especially in times of difficulty.
Origin of tower
1Other words from tower
- tow·er·less, adjective
- tow·er·like, adjective
Words Nearby tower
How to use tower in a sentence
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 MagazineHe 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 HubTelecom 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 | FortuneThe final design would be a hybrid, with the concrete base supporting a steel tower and turbine.
GE Will 3D Print the Bases of Wind Turbines Taller Than Seattle’s Space Needle | Jason Dorrier | June 21, 2020 | Singularity HubThese 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
The bell tower bellows loudly when a little muscle power is put into it.
Her brother perished in the North tower of the World Trade Center in the 9/11 attacks.
Prosecutors Have No Idea When 9/11 Mastermind’s Trial Will Start | Tim Mak | December 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMovie buffs have commented endlessly on the bell-tower sequence in Vertigo.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt 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 | THE DAILY BEASTIn Vertigo there's a strange cut in the first bell-tower sequence.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe tower has four clock faces, pinnacles at the angles, and a steep slate roof and is 120 feet high.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham | Thomas T. Harman and Walter ShowellAt the Flagstaff tower the 74th and the remainder of the 38th suddenly told their officers that they would obey them no longer.
The Red Year | Louis TracyThe height of the tower from the level of the street is 105 feet, the slated towers over the lateral pediments being smaller.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham | Thomas T. Harman and Walter ShowellJohn Wilkes released from the tower by the memorable sentence of chief justice Pratt.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellIn a dungeon of the corresponding tower, on this side of the castle, was the prison of Ripperda.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4 | Jane Porter
British Dictionary definitions for tower
/ (ˈtaʊə) /
a tall, usually square or circular structure, sometimes part of a larger building and usually built for a specific purpose: a 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 strength a person who gives support, comfort, etc
(intr) to be or rise like a tower; loom
Origin of tower
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with tower
In addition to the idiom beginning with tower
- tower of strength
also see:
- ivory tower
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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