Tower | |
1. adj. Of or concerning the system of weights used by the Saxon and Norman English kings in their minting of coins. | |
2. n. A very tall iron-framed structure, usually painted red and white, on which microwave, radio, satellite, or other communication antennas are installed; mast. | |
3. n. A similarly framed structure with a platform or enclosed area on top, used as a lookout for spotting fires, plane crashes, fugitives, etc. | |
4. n. A water tower. | |
5. n. A control tower. | |
6. n. Any very tall building or structure; skyscraper. | |
The Sears Tower | |
7. n. (figuratively) Any item, such as a computer case, that is usually higher than it is wide. | |
8. n. (informal) An interlocking tower. | |
9. n. (figurative) A strong refuge; a defence. | |
10. n. (historical) A tall fashionable headdress worn in the time of King William III and Queen Anne. | |
11. n. (obsolete) High flight; elevation. | |
12. n. The sixteenth trump or Major Arcana card in many Tarot decks, usually deemed an ill omen. | |
13. n. (cartomancy) The nineteenth Lenormand card, representing structure, bureaucracy, stability and loneliness. | |
14. v. (intransitive) To be very tall. | |
The office block towered into the sky. | |
15. v. (intransitive) To be high or lofty; to soar. | |
16. v. (obsolete, transitive) To soar into. | |
17. n. One who tows. | |