Canadian English Meaning of tower
Tower
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Definitions and Meaning of tower in English
tower (n)
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 powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships
tower (v)
appear very large or occupy a commanding position
tower (n.)
A mass of building standing alone and insulated, usually higher than its diameter, but when of great size not always of that proportion.
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.
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.
A citadel; a fortress; hence, a defense.
A headdress of a high or towerlike form, fashionable about the end of the seventeenth century and until 1715; also, any high headdress.
High flight; elevation.
tower (v. i.)
To rise and overtop other objects; to be lofty or very high; hence, to soar.
tower (v. t.)
To soar into.
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Tower
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 powerful
Ascend,aspire,climb,elevator,mount,rise,soar,surge,thrust,up
decline,descend,dip,drop,fall, tumble,plunge,dive,plummet,sink,slide
towelling => Towel, toweling => towelling, towel ring => towel bar, towel rail => towel rail, towel rack => towel rack,
