watchtower

[ woch-tou-er ]

/ ˈwɒtʃˌtaʊ ər /

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noun

a tower on which a sentinel keeps watch.

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watchlist, watchmaker, watchman, watchout, watchstrap, watchtower, watchword, watenstedt-salzgitter, water, water arum, water ash

Origin of watchtower

First recorded in 1535–45; watch + tower¹

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Examples from the Web for watchtower

From the watchtower it could see into every bedroom, every landing, every bathroom.
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It may be that this was a watchtower of that ancient people whose homes we have found in ruins.
Canyons of the Colorado|J. W. Powell
Prepare the table, behold in the watchtower them that eat and drink: arise, ye princes, take up the shield.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
Alfred and Guthlac, on a watchtower above, gazed on the plain stretched before them.
Edwy the Fair or the First Chronicle of Aescendune|A. D. Crake

I woo thee from the watchtower high, Where thou dost sit to guide the bark Of lonely mariner.
The Poetical Works of Henry Kirke White|Henry Kirke White
She desired the mind's bird's-eye view—a height, a watchtower and a little solitude.
The Garden Of Allah|Robert Hichens

British Dictionary definitions for watchtower

watchtower

/ (ˈwɒtʃˌtaʊə) /

noun

a tower on which a sentry keeps watch

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watchtower

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British Dictionary definitions for watchtower

watchtower

noun