Eiffel Tower
a tower of skeletal iron construction in Paris, France: built for the exposition of 1889. 984 feet (300 meters) high.
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The volume of usable space within Starship is a whopping 1,000 cubic meters—big enough to fit the entire Eiffel Tower, disassembled.
How SpaceX’s massive Starship rocket might unlock the solar system—and beyond | Jonathan O'Callaghan | December 7, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewThis was not the Impossible—the Eiffel Tower, the Sydney Opera House—this was a walk above the LongHouse pond.
Philippe Petit’s Moment of Concern Walking the WTC Tightrope | Anthony Haden-Guest | August 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe mountain resort town of Dalat fancies itself “The Paris of Vietnam,” complete with a replica Eiffel Tower in the center.
From Paris, there came a dispatch of a commemoration of the 10th anniversary of 9/11, across from the Eiffel Tower.
In the last three weeks, the Eiffel Tower has been evacuated twice for bomb threats.
Today in Tokyo, beneath the Eiffel Tower, in Ghana's Black Star Square.
The brilliant beacon of the Eiffel Tower sat high up in the sky, like an exile star.
The Daughters of Danaus | Mona CairdAt the other end of the city, they gather round the Eiffel Tower, which now bears the highest artillery in the world.
Ways of War and Peace | Delia AustrianFrom whatever direction you return, the first you see of the great city is the Eiffel Tower.
Paris Vistas | Helen Davenport GibbonsA great red full moon represented her countenance, radiant with the color of the Eiffel Tower.
Lazy Thoughts of a Lazy Girl | Jenny WrenThere 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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British Dictionary definitions for Eiffel Tower
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)
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Cultural definitions for Eiffel Tower
[ (eye-fuhl) ]
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.
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