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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Curtain :: Curtain (n.) That part of a wall of a building which is between two pavilions, towers, etc..
Heave :: Heave (v. i.) To be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or mound..
Looplight :: Looplight (n.) A small narrow opening or window in a tower or fortified wall; a loophole.
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..
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..
Watchtower :: Watchtower (n.) A tower in which a sentinel is placed to watch for enemies, the approach of danger, or the like..
Tower :: Tower (n.) A citadel; a fortress; hence, a defense..
Overtower :: Overtower (v. i.) To soar too high.
Lofty :: Lofty (superl.) Lifted high up; having great height; towering; high.
Castle :: Castle (n.) A small tower, as on a ship, or an elephant's back..
Tower :: Tower (n.) High flight; elevation.
High :: High (superl.) Elevated above any starting point of measurement, as a line, or surface; having altitude; lifted up; raised or extended in the direction of the zenith; lofty; tall; as, a high mountain, tower, tree; the sun is high..
Turrical :: Turrical (a.) Of or pertaining to a turret, or tower; resembling a tower..
Tower :: 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..
Towering :: Towering (a.) Hence, extreme; violent; surpassing..
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..
Campanile :: Campanile (n.) A bell tower, esp. one built separate from a church..
Tower :: 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..
Peel :: Peel (n.) A small tower, fort, or castle; a keep..
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..
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