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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Belfry :: Belfry (n.) A bell tower, usually attached to a church or other building, but sometimes separate; a campanile..
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..
Castle :: Castle (n.) A small tower, as on a ship, or an elephant's back..
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..
Curtain :: Curtain (n.) That part of a wall of a building which is between two pavilions, towers, etc..
Towery :: Towery (a.) Having towers; adorned or defended by towers.
Overtower :: Overtower (v. i.) To soar too high.
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..
Pylon :: Pylon (n.) A low tower, having a truncated pyramidal form, and flanking an ancient Egyptian gateway..
Campanile :: Campanile (n.) A bell tower, esp. one built separate from a church..
Tower :: Tower (v. t.) To soar into.
Babel :: Babel (n.) The city and tower in the land of Shinar, where the confusion of languages took place..
Bastile Bastille :: Bastile Bastille (n.) A tower or an elevated work, used for the defense, or in the siege, of a fortified place..
Lofty :: Lofty (superl.) Lifted high up; having great height; towering; high.
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..
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..
Towering :: Towering (a.) Hence, extreme; violent; surpassing..
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.
Bestower :: Bestower (n.) One that bestows.
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..
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