Definition of tower

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Tower (n.) A citadel; a fortress; hence, a defense..

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Heave :: Heave (v. i.) To be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or mound..
Giver :: Giver (n.) One who gives; a donor; a bestower; a grantor; one who imparts or distributes.
Overtower :: Overtower (v. t.) To tower over or above.
Garret :: Garret (n.) A turret; a watchtower.
Conning Tower :: Conning tower (n.) The shot-proof pilot house of a war vessel.
Tour :: Tour (n.) A tower.
Belfry :: Belfry (n.) A bell tower, usually attached to a church or other building, but sometimes separate; a campanile..
Tower :: Tower (n.) High flight; elevation.
Squinsy :: Squinch (n.) A small arch thrown across the corner of a square room to support a superimposed mass, as where an octagonal spire or drum rests upon a square tower; -- called also sconce, and sconcheon..
Rondel :: Rondel (n.) A small round tower erected at the foot of a bastion.
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..
Belfry :: Belfry (n.) A movable tower erected by besiegers for purposes of attack and defense.
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..
Water Tower :: Water tower () A large metal pipe made to be extended vertically by sections, and used for discharging water upon burning buildings..
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..
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..
Turret :: Turret (n.) A little tower, frequently a merely ornamental structure at one of the angles of a larger structure..
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..
Dispart :: Dispart (v. t.) To part asunder; to divide; to separate; to sever; to rend; to rive or split; as, disparted air; disparted towers..
Turreted :: Turreted (a.) Formed like a tower; as, a turreted lamp..
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