Tower
Meanings and phrases
tower
- a structure taller than its diameter; can stand alone or be attached to a larger building
- anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower; column; pillar
- a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships; tugboat; tug; towboat
tower
- appear very large or occupy a commanding position; loom; predominate; hulk
CN Tower
- a tower in Toronto; 1815 feet tall for broadcasting widely
Eiffel Tower
- a wrought iron tower 300 meters high that was constructed in Paris in 1889; for many years it was the tallest man-made structure
Leaning Tower
- a tall round marble campanile in Pisa that is not perpendicular; construction was begun in 1174; Leaning Tower of Pisa
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- a tall round marble campanile in Pisa that is not perpendicular; construction was begun in 1174; Leaning Tower
Sears Tower
- a skyscraper built in Chicago in 1974; 1454 feet tall
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- (Genesis 11:1-11) a tower built by Noah's descendants (probably in Babylon) who intended it to reach up to heaven; God foiled them by confusing their language so they could no longer understand one another; Babel
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- a fortress in London on the Thames; used as a palace and a state prison and now as a museum containing the crown jewels
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- a tower that supports or shelters a bell
- A fire on April 30, 1970 destroyed the bell tower.
- The rebuilt bell tower has a ring of eight bells.
- The front facade features a 2 1/2-story bell tower.
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- the tower of a church
- Yet this is no church tower, but a free-standing keep tower".
- The church tower has a peal of eight bells in the key of E flat.
- It was originally intended for the church tower to have a spire.
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- a tower with a large clock visible high up on an outside face
- It is unknown when Bitola's clock tower was built.
- The romanesque clock tower is from the 12th Century.
- The clock tower was unveiled on 31 October 1888.
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- an armored pilothouse on a warship
- a raised bridge on a submarine; often used for entering and exiting
- The forward conning tower had 9 in thick sides.
- Her conning tower had 12-inch-thick sides.
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- a tower with an elevated workspace enclosed in glass for the visual observation of aircraft around an airport
- The control tower from the airfield is maintained as a museum.
- The fort's last fire control tower was demolished in late 2001.
- The air traffic control tower was demolished in the fall of 2013.
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- a cooling system used in industry to cool hot water (by partial evaporation) before reusing it as a coolant
- A large cooling tower was added in 1954 and was the largest in Europe at the time.
- The station used a single hyperboloid induced draft cooling tower, which stood tall.
- The "chaudron", the plant's old cooling tower is the only remnant of the plant's presence.
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- a watchtower where a lookout is posted to watch for fires
- Another fire tower was soon opened in Barakula State Forest.
- A fire tower addition was built in 1936.
- In spring of 2010, the fire tower was completely rehabilitated.
martello tower
- a circular masonry fort for coastal defence
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- a structure commanding a wide view of its surroundings; lookout; lookout station; observatory
- A spur trail connects to an observation tower atop Great Hill.
- An observation tower is located on the forest's Prospect Hill Tract.
- It features a restaurant, outdoor playground and an observation tower.
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- tower of a kind once used to make shot; molten lead was poured through a sieve and dropped into water
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- a building from which signals are sent to control the movements of railway trains; signal box
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- tower consisting of a multistoried building of offices or apartments; high-rise
- Embassy Court was Brighton's first tower block.
- The first tower block, named Hoogoord, was completed in 1968.
- The nearby Bedford Hotel provided a model of a mixed-use tower block with hotel accommodation below residential flats.
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- European cress having stiff erect stems; sometimes placed in genus Turritis; tower mustard; Arabis turrita
- or genus Arabis: erect cress widely distributed throughout Europe; tower mustard; Turritis glabra; Arabis glabra
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- European cress having stiff erect stems; sometimes placed in genus Turritis; tower cress; Arabis turrita
- or genus Arabis: erect cress widely distributed throughout Europe; tower cress; Turritis glabra; Arabis glabra
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- a person who can be relied on to give a great deal of support and comfort; pillar of strength
n.
- a large reservoir for water
- The school was located opposite the water tower.
- At the very top of the neighborhood is a water tower.
- This was housed in a shed next to the former water tower.
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- It is unknown when Bitola's clock tower was built.
- The tower was built sometime between 1586 and 1617.
- The tower was built at the end of the 16th century.
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- The west tower is built of slate and of two stages.
- The west tower is above low water, with of masonry.
- The church has a nave, a chancel, and a west tower.
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- The central tower rises to an open crown steeple.
- The central tower has two Windows, and one side.
- The central tower is decorated with gargoyles.
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- It was a short, square tower constructed of wood.
- The 57-foot high square tower was added in 1912.
- The structure is dominated by a central, square tower.
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- Upon opening, it was Las Vegas' only Class A green office tower.
- Radio Network House was a 14-storey office tower constructed in 1986.
- The building was razed in 1972 to make way for a 33-story office tower.
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- Derryhiveny Castle is a tower house of four storeys.
- "Peel tower": A small fortified keep or tower house.
- Daniel then set about building himself a tower house.
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- The new tower was opened in 2012 with 38 floors.
- The new tower was inaugurated on April 9, 1935.
- A new tower was activated in September 2009.
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- The large round tower was in height and in diameter.
- It is similar to the round tower at neighbouring Little Saxham.
- It is asymmetric in plan and has a round tower with a conical roof.
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- In 1892 a tower was added and a reredos installed.
- The 57-foot high square tower was added in 1912.
- The tower was added in the years after 1500.
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- These tower blocks were 19, 19 and 16 storeys high respectively.
- Two of the tower blocks have 14 storeys while the other two have 12.
- Some tower blocks were demolished and replaced by small-scale, low-rise residential areas.
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- At the center of the castle stands the main tower.
- Its main tower is featured in the town's emblem.
- According to Foekema, it looks like the "nose" of the main tower.
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- It replaced an octagonal granite tower built in 1839.
- The Funkturm Berlin is a -tall lattice radio tower built between 1924 and 1926.
- On the west side of the church there is an adjacent quadrangular tower built in 1806.
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- It is a truss tower located in the summit of Poppenberg.
- There is a clock tower located in the Edmonton Court of Portage Place.
- Torre Rossa The Torre Rossa (Italian for "Red Tower") is a Romanesque tower located in Asti, Italy.
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- On its site a new tall residential tower was built.
- In 1996, Vi purchased its first residential tower of La Jolla Village in San Diego, California.
- In 1918 they acquired a corn tower near Regen, which they refurbished into a residential tower.
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- The exterior features Flemish-style gables and a corner tower.
- This range incorporated an earlier corner tower and the 14th-century chapel.
- This castle was destroyed by fire in 1755, with the exception of the corner tower.
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- The KRDK-TV tower is located just from the KVLY tower.
- Maasthiyar's memorial tower is located in the village.
- A water tower is located on the hill.
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- The stone tower mill was built in 1822 with four floors and a thatched "cap".
- Scheffer, for reasons of cost, planned a small wooden bell tower instead of a stone tower.
- The lighthouse is a small, square, stone keeper's cottage with a cylindrical stone tower, high.
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- The new octagonal tower was completed in 1934.
- The octagonal tower is crowned by a crenellated battlement.
- The house features an octagonal tower on its northeast corner.
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- The tower contains three bells which are hung dead.
- The small, squat tower contains a set of 8 tubular bells.
- The 21-story tower contains 90 residences.
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- Warwick Fire Tower is a fire lookout tower on the summit of the mountain.
- After the wooden tower burnt down, a modern fire lookout tower was built in 1960.
- A wooden fire lookout tower was constructed on Bear Swamp Hill (elevation ) in 1915.
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- A fire tower originally stood where the WJMJ radio tower now stands.
- The flagpole in North Korea actually is a radio tower with a flag on top.
- The Aufi is a radio tower in steel and concrete, with a diameter of 6 metres.
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- The new octagonal tower was completed in 1934.
- The broadcast tower was completed by 1953.
- Construction began in 2007 and the tower was completed 2009.
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- The tower houses the theater entrance and box office.
- The Martello tower houses the RMC Museum.
- The tower houses a ring of four bells.
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- The tower was constructed shortly after 1532.
- A photo finish tower was constructed in 1952.
- The tower was constructed in limestone.
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- KQED's transmitter tower was originally on San Bruno Mountain.
- The KNTV transmitter tower is now located on San Bruno Mountain.
- The transmitter tower is off Park Hamilton Boulevard in Pine Hills.
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- In 1869 the tower and spire were added.
- In 1971 the church was demolished except for the tower and spire.
- In 1998 the tower and spire were also demolished to make way for a shopping complex.
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- About south of Lower Tysoe is an 18th-century tower mill.
- The stone tower mill was built in 1822 with four floors and a thatched "cap".
- Stembridge Mill is a tower mill, a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.
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- The north tower has a gabled roof.
- The rope mechanism of the north tower can be seen as visitors exit the lift.
- The north tower contains four bells, the largest of which weighs 3000 pounds.
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- The antennas for both systems rotate atop a tall tower.
- The fire rose through the 168-foot tall tower sending ashes across the city.
- They plan to bring down Vetvix's ship using the antenna on top of a tall tower nearby.
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- In 2003, a new transmission tower was erected.
- At its summit there is a television transmission tower.
- The transmitter has an old and a new transmission tower.
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- Finished in 2008, the tower stands 269 metres tall.
- Its tower stands on the west side of the church.
- The bell tower stands alone, quite separate from the church.
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- The lighthouse is a tall white brick tower on a granite foundation.
- The four-storey tarred red brick tower had walls, was high and had a base.
- The light was in a brick tower, built by the Colony of South Carolina in 1767.
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- The central tower rises to an open crown steeple.
- A square bell tower rises to the church's left.
- The tower rises 20 floors and in height.
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- The broadcast tower was completed by 1953.
- A KREM broadcast tower was also attacked in 1992 at Baldy Beacon in the Cayo District.
- Studios are located in Newton and its broadcast tower is located east of Lincolnton, North Carolina at ().
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- During the War of 1812, the observatory was used as a watch tower.
- A stone observation tower patterned after a medieval watch tower stands at the summit.
- The brick watch tower at the intersection of the two streets is now a protected structure.
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- The south tower was built in the 16th century and at the top bears a 17th-century "flèche".
- As the south tower burned, she asked the operator, ""Can you stay on the line with me, please?
- The building was completely buried by the collapse of the south tower of the World Trade Center.
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- Its twin spires are 96.1 metres tall, and tower above the town's rooftops.
- There are eight braced sections to the tower above an unbraced bottom section.
- There were many Greek philosophers, but three names tower above the rest: Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle.
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- In 1864 a wooden tower was built that lasted until 1873.
- To the west, it had a small wooden tower.
- In 1864 the wooden tower and dormer window were both swept away.
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- It was opened in connection with the second tower.
- In 1870, a second tower was built in its east side.
- This second tower greatly increased the available office space.
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- The current tower dates from the 16th century.
- The tower dates from the late 15th century.
- The bell tower dates to the 16th century.
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- The original tower was replaced with the present lighthouse in 1857.
- The original tower was replaced in 1824 by Smith's stepson Robert Stevenson.
- Carman’s original tower was replaced with the current structure in the early 1980s.
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- The island's hotel tower doubled for the film's "Starliner Tower" apartment building.
- The second hotel tower opened in 1984 along with the showroom, and the third tower was opened in 1989.
- By April 1999, there were plans to add a 19-story hotel tower to the property, adding an additional 507 rooms.
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- The slide tower near the entrance contains the park's main thrill slides.
- On August 13, 1963, channel 11 moved to its current tower near Blanchard.
- In 1918 they acquired a corn tower near Regen, which they refurbished into a residential tower.
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- The old tower was built between 1936 and 1937.
- The old tower was demolished by Reginald Earl of Cornwall.
- It seems that the old tower lasted till 1602 when it blew down.
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- In 2003, a new transmission tower was erected.
- The clock tower was erected around 1800–50.
- The tower was erected in 1956, it is tall and made of reinforced concrete.
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- The house was originally an Elizabethan red brick house with an 80 foot high tower.
- Also known as the Torre del Homenaje, it contains the Gallery and the 25-meter high tower.
- Torre dei Lamberti The Torre dei Lamberti is an 84 m high tower in Verona, northern Italy.
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- From 1473 to 1521, the western tower was built around the Romanesque tower.
- The eastern tower dates from 1067–68, and the western tower dates from 1093.
- The church had a large western tower, with a clockface, and had a graveyard.
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- Embassy Court was Brighton's first tower block.
- The first tower was built of stones found on the island.
- The first tower was built in 1984, and the second in 2001.
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- The air traffic control tower was demolished in the fall of 2013.
- Improvements over the years include runway lights in 1935 to the new air traffic control tower in 2005.
- In 1930, the airport was the site of the first airfield lighting system and the first air traffic control tower.
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- In 1968, the right tower collapsed after a storm.
- He and 36 other officers died when the tower collapsed.
- The bell tower collapsed in 1405 and was rebuilt in 1425.
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- The tallest tower was topped-out in September 2007.
- The largest and tallest tower is the Crown Tower on the southwest corner.
- The CN Tower was the tallest tower by this definition until 2010 (see below).