Definition of tower

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Tower (n.) A projection from a line of wall, as a fortification, for purposes of defense, as a flanker, either or the same height as the curtain wall or higher..

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Overbulk :: Overbulk (v. t.) To oppress by bulk; to overtower.
Towered :: Towered (a.) Adorned or defended by towers.
Conning Tower :: Conning tower (n.) The shot-proof pilot house of a war vessel.
Tower :: 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..
Aspire :: Aspire (v. t.) To rise; to ascend; to tower; to soar.
Spire :: Spire (n.) A tapering body that shoots up or out to a point in a conical or pyramidal form. Specifically (Arch.), the roof of a tower when of a pyramidal form and high in proportion to its width; also, the pyramidal or aspiring termination of a tower which can not be said to have a roof, such as that of Strasburg cathedral; the tapering part of a steeple, or the steeple itself..
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..
Water Tower :: Water tower () A large metal pipe made to be extended vertically by sections, and used for discharging water upon burning buildings..
Bastile Bastille :: Bastile Bastille (n.) A tower or an elevated work, used for the defense, or in the siege, of a fortified place..
Giver :: Giver (n.) One who gives; a donor; a bestower; a grantor; one who imparts or distributes.
Starling :: Starling (n.) Any passerine bird belonging to Sturnus and allied genera. The European starling (Sturnus vulgaris) is dark brown or greenish black, with a metallic gloss, and spotted with yellowish white. It is a sociable bird, and builds about houses, old towers, etc. Called also stare, and starred. The pied starling of India is Sternopastor contra..
Garret :: Garret (n.) A turret; a watchtower.
Turret :: Turret (n.) A little tower, frequently a merely ornamental structure at one of the angles of a larger structure..
Rondel :: Rondel (n.) A small round tower erected at the foot of a bastion.
Heave :: Heave (v. i.) To be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or mound..
Pylon :: Pylon (n.) An Egyptian gateway to a large building (with or without flanking towers).
Overtower :: Overtower (v. t.) To tower over or above.
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..
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.
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