tower block

[ tou-er ]

/ ˈtaʊ ər /

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noun Chiefly British.

a high-rise building.

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Origin of tower block

First recorded in 1965–70

Words nearby tower block

toweling, towelling, towel rack, towel rail, tower, tower block, tower bolt, tower crane, towered, Tower Hamlets, towering

How to use tower block in a sentence

I have to climb my tower block by stairs, my refrigerator has turned off, I cannot take online classes, cannot study, no water, no electricity and no gas at home.
Will China’s Energy Crisis Make It More Reluctant to Fight Climate Change?|Charlie Campbell / Shanghai|September 30, 2021|Time
Each year, China builds about 15 million new homes—over five times those in America and Europe combined—yet a quarter of the current stock already lies empty, with forests of unoccupied tower blocks ringing many second and third-tier cities.
Why the Fate of Troubled Property Developer Evergrande Group Is Posing a Huge Headache for China|Charlie Campbell /Shanghai|September 17, 2021|Time
Today, a 12-story tower block stands directly atop its point of impact.
In London, looking backward to move forward|Henry Wismayer|March 5, 2021|Washington Post
Elsewhere, a railway on stilts circles a group of multicolored tower blocks.
AI planners in Minecraft could help machines design better cities|Will Heaven|September 22, 2020|MIT Technology Review

Church bells pealed from St. Catherine of Siena parish one block away.
The Louisiana Racists Who Courted Steve Scalise|Jason Berry|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
During his trek, Brinsley twice passed within a block of a police stationhouse and he almost certainly saw cops along the way.
Exclusive: Inside a Cop-Killer’s Final Hours|Michael Daly|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Block 3F is slated for release in 2019, but who knows how much that will slip?
New U.S. Stealth Jet Can’t Fire Its Gun Until 2019|Dave Majumdar|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
After walking block after block holding that container, he had suddenly discarded it and was now clutching a gun.
Exclusive: Inside a Cop-Killer’s Final Hours|Michael Daly|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
If someone wants to ensure a direct and secure connection, no entity, whether a hotel or otherwise, should be able to block it.
How ‘Ethical’ Hotel Chain Marriott Gouges Guests in the Name of Wi-Fi Security|Kyle Chayka|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Spanish troops did not care to venture past a block of buildings in which were the offices and stores of a British firm.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
The 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 Showell
At 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 Tracy
The 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 Showell
John Wilkes released from the tower by the memorable sentence of chief justice Pratt.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell