Definition of tower

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

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Giver :: Giver (n.) One who gives; a donor; a bestower; a grantor; one who imparts or distributes.
Babel :: Babel (n.) The city and tower in the land of Shinar, where the confusion of languages took place..
Belfry :: Belfry (n.) A bell tower, usually attached to a church or other building, but sometimes separate; a campanile..
Barbacan :: Barbacan (n.) A tower or advanced work defending the entrance to a castle or city, as at a gate or bridge. It was often large and strong, having a ditch and drawbridge of its own..
Heave :: Heave (v. i.) To be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or mound..
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..
Overtop :: Overtop (v. t.) To rise above the top of; to exceed in height; to tower above.
Top :: Top (v. i.) To rise aloft; to be eminent; to tower; as, lofty ridges and topping mountains..
Turret :: Turret (n.) A little tower, frequently a merely ornamental structure at one of the angles of a larger structure..
Lofty :: Lofty (superl.) Lifted high up; having great height; towering; high.
Towering :: Towering (a.) Very high; elevated; rising aloft; as, a towering height..
Rise :: Rise (v.) To tower up; to be heaved up; as, the Alps rise far above the sea..
Stony :: Stony (superl.) Of or pertaining to stone, consisting of, or abounding in, stone or stones; resembling stone; hard; as, a stony tower; a stony cave; stony ground; a stony crust..
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..
Rondel :: Rondel (n.) A small round tower erected at the foot of a bastion.
Bastile Bastille :: Bastile Bastille (n.) A tower or an elevated work, used for the defense, or in the siege, of a fortified place..
Curtain :: Curtain (n.) That part of a wall of a building which is between two pavilions, towers, etc..
Overtower :: Overtower (v. t.) To tower over or above.
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..
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..
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