watchtower

[ woch-tou-er ]

/ ˈwɒtʃˌtaʊ ər /

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noun

a tower on which a sentinel keeps watch.

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Origin of watchtower

First recorded in 1535–45; watch + tower¹

Words nearby watchtower

watch one's step, watchout, watch over, watch pocket, watchstrap, watchtower, watchword, water, waterage, water arum, water ash

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How to use watchtower in a sentence

One is enclosed by thick perimeter walls and a second layer of internal fencing, with an internal watchtower and roadblocks outside a guarded entrance, according to satellite imagery in 2018 analyzed by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute.
Solar industry’s ties to China’s Xinjiang region raise specter of forced labor|Lily Kuo, Pei Lin Wu, Jeanne Whalen|June 24, 2021|Washington Post
From the watchtower it could see into every bedroom, every landing, every bathroom.
This Week’s Hot Reads: July 22, 2013|Cameron Martin|July 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST
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
When within a mile of the town, they must have been sighted by the Dervish sentries on a lofty watchtower.
With Kitchener in the Soudan|G. A. Henty

It might have been a watchtower from the extent of its view, which swept the lake up to the Indian village.
Bluebell|Mrs. George Croft Huddleston
I am going to try by that route to get into the cavern and thence up to the watchtower aerial-sender.
Astounding Stories, June, 1931|Various
A small watchtower is kept manned even now, but it's a hungry land, and one which would drain even a baron's funds.
Millennium|Everett B. Cole

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watchtower

/ (ˈwɒtʃˌtaʊə) /

noun

a tower on which a sentry keeps watch

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