Eiffel Tower

noun

1. a tower of skeletal iron construction in Paris, France: built for the exposition of 1889. 984 feet (300 meters) high.

Eiffel Tower

noun

1. a tower in Paris: designed by A. G. Eiffel; erected for the 1889 Paris Exposition. Height: 300 m (984 ft), raised in 1959 to 321 m (1052 ft)

Eiffel Tower

1. An iron structure that dominates the skyline of Paris . When it was built in the nineteenth century, it was the tallest freestanding structure in the world.

Notes

The Eiffel Tower, because of its distinctive shape, has become a symbol (see also symbol ) of Paris.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Eiffel Tower¹

Named after A. G. Eiffel, its engineer and principal designer

Example Sentences

This was not the Impossible—the Eiffel Tower, the Sydney Opera House—this was a walk above the LongHouse pond.

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The mountain resort town of Dalat fancies itself “The Paris of Vietnam,” complete with a replica Eiffel Tower in the center.

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From Paris, there came a dispatch of a commemoration of the 10th anniversary of 9/11, across from the Eiffel Tower.

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In the last three weeks, the Eiffel Tower has been evacuated twice for bomb threats.

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Today in Tokyo, beneath the Eiffel Tower, in Ghana's Black Star Square.

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The brilliant beacon of the Eiffel Tower sat high up in the sky, like an exile star.

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At the other end of the city, they gather round the Eiffel Tower, which now bears the highest artillery in the world.

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From whatever direction you return, the first you see of the great city is the Eiffel Tower.

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A great red full moon represented her countenance, radiant with the color of the Eiffel Tower.

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There was an ominous hot stillness in the air, and the sky beyond the Eiffel tower had a heavy, lurid tone in it.

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