tower
/ˈtaʊɚ/ noun A1- A tall, narrow structure (significantly taller than it is wide, either standing alone or forming part of a larger structure.
- A very tall open-framed structure on which communications devices are installed. · signal tower, radio tower, cell tower
- A similarly framed structure with a platform or enclosed area on top. · observation tower, watch tower
- A control tower.
- A skyscraper. · The Sears Tower
- An item of various kinds, such as a computer case, that is higher than it is wide.
- A strong refuge; a defence.
- Each of a set of information technology concerns within a business, which are treated separately so that they can be handled by different providers.
Plural towers
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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Then, as they were just passing the Round Tower, the young man shouted: “Stand by there to lower the topsails and jib; brail up the spanker!”
Towers Chandler.
These are our arms, that is, those of my father, but they are, as you see, joined to another shield, which has gules, a silver tower, which are my mother’s.
The Palais de Justice communicated with the prison,—a sombre edifice, that from its grated windows looks on the clock-tower of the Accoules.
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