Definition of tower

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Tower (n.) A mass of building standing alone and insulated, usually higher than its diameter, but when of great size not always of that proportion..

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Lantern :: Lantern (n.) A cage or open chamber of rich architecture, open below into the building or tower which it crowns..
Eminent :: Eminent (a.) High; lofty; towering; prominent.
Overtop :: Overtop (v. t.) To rise above the top of; to exceed in height; to tower above.
Tower :: Tower (v. i.) To rise and overtop other objects; to be lofty or very high; hence, to soar..
Campanile :: Campanile (n.) A bell tower, esp. one built separate from a church..
Bestower :: Bestower (n.) One that bestows.
Pylon :: Pylon (n.) An Egyptian gateway to a large building (with or without flanking towers).
Pane :: Pane (n.) A compartment of a surface, or a flat space; hence, one side or face of a building; as, an octagonal tower is said to have eight panes..
Conning Tower :: Conning tower (n.) The shot-proof pilot house of a war vessel.
Tor :: Tor (n.) A tower; a turret.
Peel :: Peel (n.) A small tower, fort, or castle; a keep..
Lighthouse :: Lighthouse (n.) A tower or other building with a powerful light at top, erected at the entrance of a port, or at some important point on a coast, to serve as a guide to mariners at night; a pharos..
Minaret :: Minaret (n.) A slender, lofty tower attached to a mosque and surrounded by one or more projecting balconies, from which the summon to prayer is cried by the muezzin..
Towering :: towering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Towe.
Watchtower :: Watchtower (n.) A tower in which a sentinel is placed to watch for enemies, the approach of danger, or the like..
Towering :: Towering (a.) Very high; elevated; rising aloft; as, a towering height..
Donjon :: Donjon (n.) The chief tower, also called the keep; a massive tower in ancient castles, forming the strongest part of the fortifications. See Illust. of Castle..
Pylon :: Pylon (n.) A low tower, having a truncated pyramidal form, and flanking an ancient Egyptian gateway..
Overtower :: Overtower (v. i.) To soar too high.
Towered :: towered (imp. & p. p.) of Towe.
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