tower

Plural: towers

Noun

• a structure taller than its diameter; can stand alone or be attached to a larger building
• anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower
  • "a tower of dust rose above the horizon"
• a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships
• A very tall iron-framed structure, usually painted red and white, on which microwave, radio, satellite, or other communication antennas are installed; mast.
• A similarly framed structure with a platform or enclosed area on top, used as a lookout for spotting fires, plane crashes, fugitives, etc.
• A water tower.
• A control tower.
• Any very tall building or structure; skyscraper.
• An item of various kinds, such as a computer case, that is higher than it is wide.
• Ellipsis of interlocking tower.
• A strong refuge; a defence.
• A tall fashionable headdress worn in the time of King William III and Queen Anne.
• High flight; elevation.
• The sixteenth trump or Major Arcana card in many Tarot decks, usually deemed an ill omen.
• The nineteenth Lenormand card, representing structure, bureaucracy, stability and loneliness.
• A group of giraffes
• Each of a set of information technology concerns within a business, which are treated separately so that they can be handled by different providers.
• A metal stand used as a pivot to support a punty at a furnace.
• One who tows.

Verb

Verb Forms: towered, towering, towers

• To rise to an impressive or imposing height.
• appear very large or occupy a commanding position
• To be very tall.
• To be high or lofty; to soar.
• To soar into.

Examples

• His score began to TOWER over his opponent’s after a series of power plays.
• The office block towered into the sky.
• The Sears Tower

Synonyms

column, hulk, loom, pillar, predominate, towboat, tug, tugboat, donjon

Related Words

mast

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