Definition of tower

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Tower (n.) A structure appended to a larger edifice for a special purpose, as for a belfry, and then usually high in proportion to its width and to the height of the rest of the edifice; as, a church tower..

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Lofty :: Lofty (superl.) Lifted high up; having great height; towering; high.
Campanile :: Campanile (n.) A bell tower, esp. one built separate from a church..
Broach :: Broach (n.) A spire rising from a tower.
Castle :: Castle (n.) A small tower, as on a ship, or an elephant's back..
Mount :: Mount (n.) To rise on high; to go up; to be upraised or uplifted; to tower aloft; to ascend; -- often with up.
Belfry :: Belfry (n.) A bell tower, usually attached to a church or other building, but sometimes separate; a campanile..
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..
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..
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..
Rondel :: Rondel (n.) A small round tower erected at the foot of a bastion.
Disposer :: Disposer (n.) One who, or that which, disposes; a regulator; a director; a bestower..
Towered :: Towered (a.) Adorned or defended by towers.
Overtower :: Overtower (v. i.) To soar too high.
Curtain :: Curtain (n.) That part of a wall of a building which is between two pavilions, towers, etc..
Pylon :: Pylon (n.) A low tower, having a truncated pyramidal form, and flanking an ancient Egyptian gateway..
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..
Daw :: Daw (n.) A European bird of the Crow family (Corvus monedula), often nesting in church towers and ruins; a jackdaw..
Turret :: Turret (n.) A revolving tower constructed of thick iron plates, within which cannon are mounted. Turrets are used on vessels of war and on land..
Garret :: Garret (n.) A turret; a watchtower.
Conning Tower :: Conning tower (n.) The shot-proof pilot house of a war vessel.
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