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