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English

Etymology

Old English torr

Pronunciation


Noun

Image:800px-FtThomasTower.jpg|200px|right|thumb|A nineteenth century [[water tower]]

  1. A structure, usually taller than it is wide, often used as a lookout.
  2. : From the top of the tower we could see far off into the distance.
  3. Any item, such as a computer case, that is usually higher than it is wide.


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Translations

  • Catalan: {{t-|ca|torre|f}}
  • Czech: {{t-|cs|věž|f}}
  • Finnish:
  • Hungarian:
  • Japanese: {{t+|ja|塔|tr=tō|sc=Jpan}}, {{t|ja|タワー|tr=tawā|sc=Jpan}}
  • Occitan: {{t-|oc|torre|f|xs=Occitan}}
  • Polish: {{t|pl|wieża|f}}
  • Russian: {{t+|ru|башня|f|tr=bášn'a|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|ru|вышка|f|tr=výška|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Czech: {{t-|cs|věž|f}}
  • Finnish:
  • Japanese: {{t|ja|タワー|tr=tawā|sc=Jpan}}
  • Polish: {{t|pl|wieża|f}}

Verb

{{en-verb|towers|towering|towered}}

  1. To be considerably taller than.
  2. : The basketball players towered over their fans.


Translations

  • Old English: {{t-|ang|hlifian|xs=Old English}}
  • Portuguese: elevar-se
  • Russian: {{t|ru|возвышаться|tr=vozvyšát’s’a|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Ukrainian: {{t|uk|височіти|sc=Cyrl|xs=Ukrainian}}

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Tower \Tow"er\, n. [OE. tour,tor,tur, F. tour, L. turris; akin
to Gr. ?; cf. W. twr a tower, Ir. tor a castle, Gael. torr a
tower, castle. Cf. Tor, Turret.]
1. (Arch.)
(a) A mass of building standing alone and insulated,
usually higher than its diameter, but when of great
size not always of that proportion.
(b) 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.
(c) 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.
[1913 Webster]

2. A citadel; a fortress; hence, a defense.
[1913 Webster]

Thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower
from the enemy. --Ps. lxi. 3.
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3. A headdress of a high or towerlike form, fashionable about
the end of the seventeenth century and until 1715; also,
any high headdress.
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Lay trains of amorous intrigues
In towers, and curls, and periwigs. --Hudibras.
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4. High flight; elevation. [Obs.] --Johnson.
[1913 Webster]

Gay Lussac's tower (Chem.), a large tower or chamber used
in the sulphuric acid process, to absorb (by means of
concentrated acid) the spent nitrous fumes that they may
be returned to the Glover's tower to be reemployed. See
Sulphuric acid, under Sulphuric, and Glover's tower,
below.

Glover's tower (Chem.), a large tower or chamber used in
the manufacture of sulphuric acid, to condense the crude
acid and to deliver concentrated acid charged with nitrous
fumes. These fumes, as a catalytic, effect the conversion
of sulphurous to sulphuric acid. See Sulphuric acid,
under Sulphuric, and Gay Lussac's tower, above.

Round tower. See under Round, a.

Shot tower. See under Shot.

Tower bastion (Fort.), a bastion of masonry, often with
chambers beneath, built at an angle of the interior
polygon of some works.

Tower mustard (Bot.), the cruciferous plant {Arabis
perfoliata}.

Tower of London, a collection of buildings in the eastern
part of London, formerly containing a state prison, and
now used as an arsenal and repository of various objects
of public interest.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Tower \Tow"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. towered; p. pr. & vb. n.
towering.]
To rise and overtop other objects; to be lofty or very high;
hence, to soar.
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On the other side an high rock towered still.
--Spenser.
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My lord protector's hawks do tower so well. --Shak.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Tower \Tow"er\, v. t.
To soar into. [Obs.] --Milton.
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WordNet tower
n 1: a structure taller than its diameter; can stand alone or be
attached to a larger building
2: anything tall and thin approximating 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" [syn: column, pillar]
3: a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships
[syn: tugboat, tug, towboat]
v : appear very large or occupy a commanding position; "The huge
sculpture predominates over the fountain"; "Large shadows
loomed on the canyon wall" [syn: loom, predominate, hulk]
Moby Dictionary
Texas tower , acropolis , antenna tower , architecture , arise , ascend ,
barbican , bastion , beachhead , beacon , bedrock , belfry , bell tower ,
belvedere , bench mark , bleachers , blockhouse , blossom , bookmark ,
brew , bridge , bridgehead , building , bulk , bulk large , bunker ,
burgeon , buss the clouds , cairn , campanile , castle , catstone ,
champion , citadel , colossus , column , come up , conning tower ,
construct , construction , court , cupola , curl upwards , defender ,
derrick , develop , dome , donjon , dungeon , edifice , erection ,
establishment , exceed , fabric , fasthold , fastness , fire tower ,
flourish , fort , fortress , foundation , gallery , garrison ,
garrison house , gather , gazebo , germinate , go up , grandstand , grow ,
grow up , hold , house , hypertrophy , increase , keep , landmark ,
lantern , levitate , lighthouse , lightship , lookout , loom ,
loom large , loophole , mansion , mark , marker , martello ,
martello tower , mast , mature , menhir , milepost , milestone , minaret ,
monument , mote , motte , mount , mushroom , obelisk , observation post ,
observation tower , observatory , outgrow , outlook , outsoar ,
outstrip , overdevelop , overgrow , overlook , overtop , packaged house ,
pagoda , palace , palais , palatial residence , palazzo , patron ,
patroness , peanut gallery , peel , peel tower , peephole , pharos ,
pilaster , pile , pillar , pillbox , pinnacle , platform , pole , post ,
prefab , prefabrication , prison , procreate , protector , protectress ,
pullulate , pylon , pyramid , rath , rear , rear up , reproduce ,
ringside , ringside seat , rise , rise above , rise up , rock , safehold ,
safekeeper , seamark , shaft , shoot up , sighthole , skyscraper , soar ,
spiral , spire , spring up , sprout , sprout up , stand on tiptoe ,
stand out , stand up , standpipe , steeple , strong point , stronghold ,
structure , stupa , superstructure , surge , swarm up , sweep up ,
television mast , thrive , top gallery , tope , tour , tower above ,
tower of strength , tower over , transcend , turret , up , upgo , upgrow ,
upheave , uprise , upshoot , upspear , upspin , upspring , upsprout ,
upstream , upsurge , upswarm , upwind , vegetate , villa , ward ,
watchtower , water tower , wax , windmill tower


Tower, MI Zip code(s): 49792 Tower, MN (city, FIPS 65272) Location: 47.81007 N, 92.29047 W Population (1990): 502 (275 housing units) Area: 4.3 sq km (land), 1.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 55790
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Housing Units (2000): 295
Land area (2000): 2.708809 sq. miles (7.015783 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.402133 sq. miles (1.041520 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 3.110942 sq. miles (8.057303 sq. km)
FIPS code: 65272
Located within: Minnesota (MN) , FIPS 27
Location: 47.806844 N , 92.279442 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 55790
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Tower , MN
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