Portuguese Meaning of tower

Torre

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Definitions and Meaning of tower in English

Wordnet

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

Wordnet

tower (v)

appear very large or occupy a commanding position

Webster

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.

Webster

tower (v. i.)

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

Webster

tower (v. t.)

To soar into.

FAQs About the word tower

Torre

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

Asceder,aspirar,escalar,elevador,montar,subir,subir,aumento,impulso,para cima

declínio,descer,mergulhar,gota,cair,mergulhar,mergulho,despencar,pia,deslizar

towelling => Toalha, toweling => toalha, towel ring => argola para toalhas, towel rail => porta-toalhas, towel rack => toalheiro,