tower of silence

[tou-er]

noun

1. a circular stone platform, typically 30 feet (9.1 meters) in height, on which the Parsees of India leave their dead to be devoured by vultures.

Example Sentences

Two of the museum's most compelling exhibits are replicas of a Tower of Silence and a Parsi fire temple.

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The Tower of Silence, or dakhma, is where Parsis leave their dead to be returned to nature - neither buried nor cremated.

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“Russia has become a tower of silence.”

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I had to wait in bed a few minutes for my own Tower of Silence to go away.

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The Monday report said that the Administrative Justice Court issued the suspension for Sepanta Niknam following a complaint by a candidate for the Yazd city council, purportedly over the fencing around the city’s famed “Tower of Silence”.

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