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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Pylon :: Pylon (n.) A low tower, having a truncated pyramidal form, and flanking an ancient Egyptian gateway..
Heave :: Heave (v. i.) To be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or mound..
Tower :: Tower (n.) A headdress of a high or towerlike form, fashionable about the end of the seventeenth century and until 1715; also, any high headdress..
Curtain :: Curtain (n.) That part of a wall of a building which is between two pavilions, towers, etc..
Belfry :: Belfry (n.) A room in a tower in which a bell is or may be hung; or a cupola or turret for the same purpose.
Giver :: Giver (n.) One who gives; a donor; a bestower; a grantor; one who imparts or distributes.
Pylon :: Pylon (n.) An Egyptian gateway to a large building (with or without flanking towers).
Watchtower :: Watchtower (n.) A tower in which a sentinel is placed to watch for enemies, the approach of danger, or the like..
Lantern :: Lantern (n.) A cage or open chamber of rich architecture, open below into the building or tower which it crowns..
Steeplechasing :: Steeple (n.) A spire; also, the tower and spire taken together; the whole of a structure if the roof is of spire form. See Spire..
Tower :: Tower (n.) A citadel; a fortress; hence, a defense..
Peel :: Peel (n.) A small tower, fort, or castle; a keep..
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..
Belfry :: Belfry (n.) A movable tower erected by besiegers for purposes of attack and defense.
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..
Disposer :: Disposer (n.) One who, or that which, disposes; a regulator; a director; a bestower..
Martello Tower :: Martello tower () A building of masonry, generally circular, usually erected on the seacoast, with a gun on the summit mounted on a traversing platform, so as to be fired in any direction..
Tower :: Tower (v. t.) To soar into.
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..
Turrical :: Turrical (a.) Of or pertaining to a turret, or tower; resembling a tower..
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