tower
♦ tow|er /t'aʊər/ (towers towering towered)
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A tower is a tall, narrow building, that either stands alone or forms part of another building such as a church or castle.
...an eleventh century castle with 120-foot high towers.
...the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
2 [VERB] V over/above n
Someone or something that towers over surrounding people or things is a lot taller than they are.
He stood up and towered over her...
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A tower is a tall structure that is used for sending radio or television signals.
Troops are still in control of the television and radio tower.
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A tower is the same as a tower block.
...his design for a new office tower in Frankfurt.
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A tower is a tall box that contains the main parts of a computer, such as the hard disk and the drives. (COMPUTING)
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see also clock tower, control tower,
7 [PHRASE] tower inflects, v-link PHR, oft PHR to n
If you refer to someone as a tower of strength, you appreciate them because they give you a lot of help, support, and encouragement when you have problems or are in a difficult situation.
Pat was a tower of strength to our whole family.clock tow|er (clock towers)
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A clock tower is a tall, narrow building with a clock at the top.con|trol tow|er (control towers)
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A control tower is a building at an airport from which instructions are given to aircraft when they are taking off or landing. You can also refer to the people who work in a control tower as the control tower.
The pilot told the control tower that he'd run into technical trouble.cool|ing tow|er (cooling towers)
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A cooling tower is a very large, round, high building which is used to cool water from factories or power stations.
...landscapes dominated by cooling towers and factory chimneys.ivo|ry tow|er (ivory towers)
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If you describe someone as living in an ivory tower, you mean that they have no knowledge or experience of the practical problems of everyday life.
They don't really, in their ivory towers, understand how pernicious drug crime is.tow|er block (tower blocks)
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A tower block is a tall building divided into flats or offices. (BRIT; in AM, use high-rise building, high-rise)
...a 23-storey tower block.wa|ter tow|er (water towers)
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A water tower is a large tank of water which is placed on a high metal structure so that water can be supplied at a steady pressure to surrounding buildings.
1 [N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES]
A tower is a tall, narrow building, that either stands alone or forms part of another building such as a church or castle.
...an eleventh century castle with 120-foot high towers.
...the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
2 [VERB] V over/above n
Someone or something that towers over surrounding people or things is a lot taller than they are.
He stood up and towered over her...
3 [N-COUNT]
A tower is a tall structure that is used for sending radio or television signals.
Troops are still in control of the television and radio tower.
4 [N-COUNT]
A tower is the same as a tower block.
...his design for a new office tower in Frankfurt.
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A tower is a tall box that contains the main parts of a computer, such as the hard disk and the drives. (COMPUTING)
6
see also clock tower, control tower,
7 [PHRASE] tower inflects, v-link PHR, oft PHR to n
If you refer to someone as a tower of strength, you appreciate them because they give you a lot of help, support, and encouragement when you have problems or are in a difficult situation.
Pat was a tower of strength to our whole family.clock tow|er (clock towers)
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A clock tower is a tall, narrow building with a clock at the top.con|trol tow|er (control towers)
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A control tower is a building at an airport from which instructions are given to aircraft when they are taking off or landing. You can also refer to the people who work in a control tower as the control tower.
The pilot told the control tower that he'd run into technical trouble.cool|ing tow|er (cooling towers)
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A cooling tower is a very large, round, high building which is used to cool water from factories or power stations.
...landscapes dominated by cooling towers and factory chimneys.ivo|ry tow|er (ivory towers)
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If you describe someone as living in an ivory tower, you mean that they have no knowledge or experience of the practical problems of everyday life.
They don't really, in their ivory towers, understand how pernicious drug crime is.tow|er block (tower blocks)
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A tower block is a tall building divided into flats or offices. (BRIT; in AM, use high-rise building, high-rise)
...a 23-storey tower block.wa|ter tow|er (water towers)
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A water tower is a large tank of water which is placed on a high metal structure so that water can be supplied at a steady pressure to surrounding buildings.