What does Tower mean?

Definitions for Tower
ˈtaʊ ərtow·er

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Tower.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. towernoun

    a structure taller than its diameter; can stand alone or be attached to a larger building

  2. column, tower, pillarnoun

    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. tugboat, tug, towboat, towerverb

    a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships

  4. loom, tower, predominate, hulkverb

    appear very large or occupy a commanding position

    "The huge sculpture predominates over the fountain"; "Large shadows loomed on the canyon wall"

Wiktionary

  1. towernoun

    One who tows.

  2. Etymology: From torr.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Towernoun

    Etymology: tor , Saxon; tour, Fr. torre, Italian; turris, Latin.

    Let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven. Gen. xi. 4.

    Lay trains of amorous intrigues
    In towers, and curls, and perriwigs. Hudibras, p. iii.

  2. To Towerverb

    To soar; to fly or rise high.

    On th’ other side an high rock tow’red still. Edmund Spenser.

    No marvel
    My lord protector’s hawks do tower so well. William Shakespeare.

    Circular base of rising folds that tower’d
    Fold above fold a surging maze. John Milton.

    Tow’ring his height, and ample was his breast. Dryden.

    The crooked plough, the share, the tow’ring height
    Of waggons, and the cart’s unweildy weight;
    These all must be prepar’d. John Dryden, Georg.

    All those sublime thoughts which tower above the clouds, and reach as high as heaven itself, take their rise, not one jot beyond those ideas which sense or reflection have offered for the contemplation of the mind. John Locke.

Wikipedia

  1. Tower

    A tower is a tall structure, taller than it is wide, often by a significant factor. Towers are distinguished from masts by their lack of guy-wires and are therefore, along with tall buildings, self-supporting structures. Towers are specifically distinguished from "buildings" in that they are not built to be habitable but to serve other functions. The principal function is the use of their height to enable various functions to be achieved including: visibility of other features attached to the tower such as clock towers; as part of a larger structure or device to increase the visibility of the surroundings for defensive purposes as in a fortified building such as a castle; as a structure for observation for leisure purposes; or as a structure for telecommunication purposes. Towers can be stand alone structures or be supported by adjacent buildings or can be a feature on top of a large structure or building.

ChatGPT

  1. tower

    A tower is a tall, narrow building or structure that may stand apart (like a television tower), or be part of a larger structure (like a church spire or watchtower on a castle). It is designed to be significantly taller than it is wide and often serves various practical purposes such as to provide a high viewing point, to broadcast signals, or for aesthetic or monumental reasons.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Towernoun

    a mass of building standing alone and insulated, usually higher than its diameter, but when of great size not always of that proportion

  2. Towernoun

    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. Towernoun

    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. Towernoun

    a citadel; a fortress; hence, a defense

  5. Towernoun

    a headdress of a high or towerlike form, fashionable about the end of the seventeenth century and until 1715; also, any high headdress

  6. Towernoun

    high flight; elevation

  7. Towerverb

    to rise and overtop other objects; to be lofty or very high; hence, to soar

  8. Towerverb

    to soar into

Wikidata

  1. Tower

    A tower is a tall structure, usually taller than it is wide, often by a significant margin. Towers are distinguished from masts by their lack of guy-wires. Towers are generally built to take advantage of their height, and can stand alone on the ground, or as part of a larger structure or device such as a fortified building or as an integral part of a bridge.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Tower

    tow′ėr, n. a lofty building, standing alone or forming part of another: a fortress: (her.) a bearing representing a tower with battlements, &c.: a high head-dress worn by women under William III. and Anne.—v.i. to rise into the air: to be lofty.—v.t. (Milt.) to rise aloft into.—adjs. Tow′ered, having towers; Tow′ering, very high, elevated: very violent; Tow′ery, having towers: lofty. [O. Fr. tur—L. turris, a tower.]

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. tower

    A citadel; a fortress; hence, a defender.

Editors Contribution

  1. towernoun

    Identifying the person or thing affected by expressing motion in the direction of a speaker to refer to himself or herself and one or more other people considered together. 1.) A tall narrow building, either freestanding or forming part of a building such as a church or castle. 2.) A strong construction where the righteous one runs and receives protection.

    The 144 thousand saints are considered as the Tower of Jehovah.

    Etymology: Constructive body


    Submitted by Tehorah_Elyon on February 27, 2024  

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. TOWER

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Tower is ranked #7421 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Tower surname appeared 4,486 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 would have the surname Tower.

    92.4% or 4,145 total occurrences were White.
    2.7% or 122 total occurrences were Black.
    2.3% or 105 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.3% or 62 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    0.6% or 30 total occurrences were Asian.
    0.4% or 22 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Tower' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2997

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Tower' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3895

  3. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Tower' in Nouns Frequency: #1068

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Anagrams for Tower »

  1. wrote

  2. rowet

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Tower in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Tower in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Tower in a Sentence

  1. White House:

    Donald Trump. Donald Trump announced Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly as Donald Trump new White House chief of staff on July 28 – effectively ousting Donald Trump. Then-White House chief of staff Reince Priebus attends a breakfast meeting with small business leaders in White House. ( Reuters/Carlos Barria) I am pleased to inform you that I have just named General/Secretary John F Kelly as White House Chief of Staff, Donald Trump tweeted. COMBATIVE EX-TRUMP AIDE EXPECTED TO JOIN Great American NEWS Great American is a Great American and a Great Leader, Donald Trump said. John Kelly has also done a spectacular job at Homeland Security. John Kelly has been a true star of my Administration. I would like to thank Reince Priebus for John Kelly service and dedication to his country. We accomplished a lot together and I am proud of him, he continued. The replacement of Preibus as Anthony Scaramucci. Anthony Scaramucci The announcement of Anthony Scaramucci, 53, as the White House communications director on July 21 set into motion a big shakeup in White House staff, resulting in the resignations of press secretary Sean Spicer and chief of staff Reince Priebus. White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci walks back to the West Wing of White House. ( AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) But Scaramucci Anthony Scaramucci lasted only 10 days in White House. He was reportedlyremoved at the requestof new White House chief of John Kelly. John Kelly was sworn in as chief of staff just hours before Anthony Scaramucci was removed. Steve Bannon Steve Bannon was removed from Steve Bannon Steve Bannon positionasWhite White House chief strategist on Aug. 18. Steve Bannon Steve Bannon, who was a senior adviser to President Donald Trump, takes a phone call outside Trump Tower. ( AP Photo/Kevin Hagen) White House Chief of Staff John Kelly and Steve Bannon have mutually agreed today would be Steve's last day. We are grateful for his service and wish him the best.

  2. Justice Breyer:

    You're at a distance. It is an ivory tower, there does tend to develop a kind of wall from people.

  3. Garry Bickett:

    Anybody who's spent any time out in the ocean in North Carolina knows about the Frying Pan Tower, it's a fixture of the coast.

  4. Michael Cohen:

    There were changes made, additions -- Jay Sekulow, for one, there were several changes that were made including how we were going to handle that message, which was -- the message of course being -- the length of time that the Trump Tower Moscow project stayed and remained alive.

  5. Shankar Lal Saini:

    There was a tower there. When the lightning struck, the tower's wall collapsed, many people were buried under it. Since the fort is on a hill, when the debris was falling and space reduced, some people also fell into a ditch.

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