tower

Phonetic

US /ˈtaʊər/UK /ˈtaʊə(r)/

Translations

NOUNA very tall iron-framed structure, usually painted red and white, on which microwave, radio, satellite, or other communication antennas are installed; mast., A similarly framed structure with a platform or enclosed area on top, used as a lookout for spotting fires, plane crashes, fugitives, etc., A water tower., A control tower., Any very tall building or structure; skyscraper., An item of various kinds, such as a computer case, that is higher than it is wide., An interlocking tower., A strong refuge; a defence., A tall fashionable headdress worn in the time of King William III and Queen Anne., High flight; elevation., The sixteenth trump or Major Arcana card in many Tarot decks, usually deemed an ill omen., The nineteenth Lenormand card, representing structure, bureaucracy, stability and loneliness., A group of giraffes, One who tows., Denoting the system of weights used by the Saxon and Norman English kings in their minting of coins.

VERBTo be very tall., To be high or lofty; to soar., To soar into.

PROPNThe Tower of London, especially seen as a place of imprisonment or punishment., A habitational surname.; Alternative form of Towers

Variants

towers: Third Person Singular, Plural
towering: Present Participle
towered: Past Participle, Past Tense

Examples

Videos of the crash at the CITIC Tower had been widely circulated(傳閲) on social media(媒體) before being scrubbed off the Chinese internet(互聯網), as authorities investigated what many observers viewed as a huge security breach.
Source:www.bbc.com
walks through how Tower's fundamental
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As late as 9:40am, a man attempted to do so from the North Tower and climbed nearly twenty stories below the impact zone
Source:www.quora.com
Undeterred by arson attacks on rail lines earlier in the day, the Parade of Nations continued beneath a glittering Eiffel Tower, where Celine Dion belted out a love anthem.
Source:www.nytimes.com
Friday's collision left holes on the side of the 109-storey CITIC Tower, which have since been boarded up.
Source:www.bbc.com

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