Definitions of Tower [ˈtaʊ ər]

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Definition of 'Tower'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) tower
a building or structure higher than it is wide, either isolated or forming part of a building.

2.  tower
such a structure used as or intended for a stronghold, fortress, prison, etc.

3.  tower
any of various fully enclosed fireproof housings, as staircases, between the stories of a building.

4.  tower
any structure, contrivance, or object that resembles or suggests a tower.

5.  tower
a vertical case designed to house a computer system standing on the floor.

6.  tower
a tall, movable structure used in ancient and medieval warfare in storming a fortified place.

7. (v.i.) tower
to rise or extend far upward, as a tower; reach or stand high.

8.  tower
to rise above or surpass others.

Etymology: (1250–1300; ME tour < OF < L turris < Gk týrris, var. of týrsis tower)

Definition of 'Tower'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) tower
a structure taller than its diameter; can stand alone or be attached to a larger building

2. (noun) column, tower, pillar
anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower
"the test tube held a column of white powder"; "a tower of dust rose above the horizon"; "a thin pillar of smoke betrayed their campsite"

3. (verb) tugboat, tug, towboat, tower
a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships

4. (verb) loom, tower, predominate, hulk
appear very large or occupy a commanding position
"The huge sculpture predominates over the fountain"; "Large shadows loomed on the canyon wall"

Definition of 'Tower'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) tower
a tall thin building or structure
a radio tower

Definition of 'Tower'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Tower
a mass of building standing alone and insulated, usually higher than its diameter, but when of great size not always of that proportion

2. (noun) Tower
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

3. (noun) Tower
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

4. (noun) Tower
a citadel; a fortress; hence, a defense

5. (noun) Tower
a headdress of a high or towerlike form, fashionable about the end of the seventeenth century and until 1715; also, any high headdress

6. (noun) Tower
high flight; elevation

7. (verb) Tower
to rise and overtop other objects; to be lofty or very high; hence, to soar

8. (verb) Tower
to soar into

Translation of 'Tower'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a tall, narrow (part of a) building, especially (of) a castle the Tower of London; a church-tower.
Afrikaans: toring	Arabic: بُرْج	Bulgarian: кула
Brazilian: torre	Czech: věž	German: der Turm
Danish: tårn, -tårn	Greek: πύργος	Spanish: torre
Estonian: torn	Farsi: برج	Finnish: torni
French: tour	Hebrew: מִגדָל	Hindi: मीनार
Croatian: toranj, kula	Hungarian: torony	Indonesian: menara
Icelandic: turn	Italian: torre	Japanese: 塔
Korean: 탑	Lithuanian: bokštas	Latvian: tornis
Malay: menara	Dutch: toren	Norwegian: tårn
Polish: wieża	Persian: برج	Pashto: كلا، برج، څلى، مناره
Portuguese: torre	Romanian: turn	Russian: башня
Slovak: veža	Slovenian: stolp	Serbian: kula
Swedish: torn	Thai: ตึกสูง; หอคอย	Turkish: kule
Taiwanese: 塔	Ukrainian: башта, вежа	Urdu: برج، مينار
Vietnamese: tháp	Chinese: 塔
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