watchtower

[ woch-tou-er ]
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noun
  1. a tower on which a sentinel keeps watch.

Origin of watchtower

1
First recorded in 1535–45; watch + tower1

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How to use watchtower in a sentence

  • It might have been a watchtower from the extent of its view, which swept the lake up to the Indian village.

    Bluebell | Mrs. George Croft Huddleston
  • I am going to try by that route to get into the cavern and thence up to the watchtower aerial-sender.

  • A small watchtower is kept manned even now, but it's a hungry land, and one which would drain even a baron's funds.

    Millennium | Everett B. Cole

British Dictionary definitions for watchtower

watchtower

/ (ˈwɒtʃˌtaʊə) /


noun
  1. a tower on which a sentry keeps watch

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