Definitions for Tower
Tower
tow·er
Spelling: [tou-er]
IPA: /ˈtaʊ ər/
Tower is a 5 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.
You can make 55 anagrams from letters in Tower (eortw).
Definitions for Tower
noun
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a building or structure high in proportion to its lateral dimensions, either isolated or forming part of a building.
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such a structure used as or intended for a stronghold, fortress, prison, etc.
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any of various fully enclosed fireproof housings for vertical communications, as staircases, between the stories of a building.
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any structure, contrivance, or object that resembles or suggests a tower.
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a tall, movable structure used in ancient and medieval warfare in storming a fortified place.
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a tall, vertical case with accessible horizontal drive bays, designed to house a computer system standing on a desk or floor.
Compare minitower.
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Aviation. control tower.
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a person or thing that tows.
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the fiber of flax, hemp, or jute prepared for spinning by scutching.
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the shorter, less desirable flax fibers separated from line fibers in hackling.
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synthetic filaments prior to spinning.
Idioms
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tower of strength, a person who can be relied on for support, aid, or comfort, especially in times of difficulty.
adjective
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made of tow.
verb (used without object)
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to rise or extend far upward, as a tower; reach or stand high:
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to rise above or surpass others:
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Falconry. (of a hawk) to rise straight into the air; to ring up.
Origin of Tower
before 900; (noun) Middle English tour, earlier tur, tor Old French Latin turris Greek týrris, variant of týrsis tower; Middle English tor perhaps in some cases continuing Old English torr La
Examples for Tower
The camera dollied backward along the length of the tower's staircase while simultaneously its lens zoomed forward.
It involved a model of the tower set on its side for the shot.
He waited eagerly to hear the clock of the tower of Loewestein strike nine.
I was unexpectedly struck, on entering the armoury at the tower.
It made sense with so many suspects at hand, less so with the tower entrance separated from them by a forty foot wall.
This stone was thrown at the sainted Stephen, and the other two are from the tower of Babel.
He used the powerful assault rifle issued to all guards on tower duty.
The tower rises above the crossing, and is crowned by sixteen pinnacles.
The garrison of the fort aided the tower guard by their fire.
The scorned party in a love-triangle, he blew his head off while serving overnight tower duty in 2007.