English > tower: 4 senses > noun 1, artifact| Meaning | A structure taller than its diameter; can stand alone or be attached to a larger / larger building. |
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| Instances | CN Tower | A tower in Toronto |
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| Eiffel Tower | A wrought iron tower 300 meters high that was constructed in Paris in 1889 |
| Space Needle | A tower 605 feet tall in Seattle |
| Narrower | barbican, barbacan | A tower that is part of a defensive structure (such as a castle) |
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| beacon, lighthouse, beacon light, pharos | A tower with a light that gives warning of shoals / shoals to passing ships |
| bell tower | A tower that supports or shelters a bell |
| church tower | The tower of a church |
| clock tower | A tower with a large clock visible high up on an outside face |
| control tower | A tower with an elevated workspace enclosed in glass for the visual observation of aircraft around an airport |
| high-rise, tower block | tower consisting of a multistoried building of offices or apartments |
| minaret | slender tower with balconies |
| mooring tower, mooring mast | A tower for mooring airships |
| pylon, power pylon | A large vertical steel tower supporting high-tension power lines |
| pylon | A tower for guiding pilots or marking the turning point in a race |
| shot tower | tower of a kind once used to make shot |
| silo | A cylindrical tower used for storing silage |
| steeple, spire | A tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top |
| supporting tower | A tower that serves to support something |
| turret | A small tower extending above a building |
| watchtower | An observation tower for a lookout to watch over prisoners or watch for fires or enemies / enemies |
| Broader | structure, construction | A thing constructed |
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| Spanish | torre |
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| Catalan | torre |
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