tower
[noun]
Synonyms: column, belfry, obelisk, pillar, skyscraper, steeple, turret

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Tower, the
⇒ see Tower of London

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I. tow‧er¹ S3 W3 /ˈtaʊə $ -ər/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1100-1200; Language: Old French; Origin: tor, tur, from Latin turris, from Greek tyrsis]

1. a tall narrow building either built on its own or forming part of a castle, church etc:
the Eiffel Tower
a castle with tall towers
bell/clock tower
The bell tower was added to the church in 1848.
tower of
the leaning tower of Pisa

2. a tall structure, often made of metal, used for signalling, broadcasting etc:
an air traffic control tower

3. tower of strength someone who gives you a lot of help, sympathy, and support when you are in trouble:
Her father was a tower of strength to her when her marriage broke up.

4. a tall piece of furniture that you use to store things:
a CD tower
⇒ cooling tower, ivory tower, water tower

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II. tower² verb [intransitive]

1. to be much taller than the people or things around you
tower above/over
He towered over his mother.

2. to be much better than any other person or organization that does the same thing as you
tower above/over
Mozart towers over all other composers.

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tower
noun
ADJ. high, high-rise, lofty, massive, tall | squat | two-storey, three-storey, etc. They lived in a ten-storey tower in the town centre.
octagonal, round, square | ancient, Gothic, medieval | fortified | twin Twin towers flanked the castle gateway.
ruined | control, lookout, observation, watch (also watchtower) Armed border guards manned the lookout towers.
bell, clock | cooling, water | television | computer | conning | castle, cathedral, church | ivory (figurative) academics sitting in their ivory towers
TOWER + VERB collapse

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