Definition of tower

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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..

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Steeplechasing :: Steeple (n.) A spire; also, the tower and spire taken together; the whole of a structure if the roof is of spire form. See Spire..
Tower :: Tower (v. i.) To rise and overtop other objects; to be lofty or very high; hence, to soar..
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..
Phare :: Phare (n.) A beacon tower; a lighthouse.
Pagoda :: Pagoda (n.) A term by which Europeans designate religious temples and tower-like buildings of the Hindoos and Buddhists of India, Farther India, China, and Japan, -- usually but not always, devoted to idol worship..
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..
Rise :: Rise (v.) To tower up; to be heaved up; as, the Alps rise far above the sea..
Towered :: Towered (a.) Adorned or defended by towers.
Watchtower :: Watchtower (n.) A tower in which a sentinel is placed to watch for enemies, the approach of danger, or the like..
Turrical :: Turrical (a.) Of or pertaining to a turret, or tower; resembling a tower..
Turreted :: Turreted (a.) Formed like a tower; as, a turreted lamp..
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) Shade within defined limits; obscurity or deprivation of light, apparent on a surface, and representing the form of the body which intercepts the rays of light; as, the shadow of a man, of a tree, or of a tower. See the Note under Shade, n., 1..
Broach :: Broach (n.) A spire rising from a tower.
Mount :: Mount (n.) To rise on high; to go up; to be upraised or uplifted; to tower aloft; to ascend; -- often with up.
Looplight :: Looplight (n.) A small narrow opening or window in a tower or fortified wall; a loophole.
Towering :: Towering (a.) Very high; elevated; rising aloft; as, a towering height..
Water Tower :: Water tower () A large metal pipe made to be extended vertically by sections, and used for discharging water upon burning buildings..
Overtower :: Overtower (v. t.) To tower over or above.
Tour :: Tour (n.) A tower.
Campanile :: Campanile (n.) A bell tower, esp. one built separate from a church..
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