English Dictionary

tower

/ˈtaʊ.ə(ɹ)/

noun

A very tall iron-framed structure, usually painted red and white, on which microwave, radio, satellite, or other communication antennas are installed; mast.

The Eiffel Tower is a famous landmark in Paris.

意味（1）

A very tall iron-framed structure, usually painted red and white, on which microwave, radio, satellite, or other communication antennas are installed; mast.

意味（2）

A similarly framed structure with a platform or enclosed area on top, used as a lookout for spotting fires, plane crashes, fugitives, etc.

意味（3）

A water tower.

意味（4）

A control tower.

意味（5）

Any very tall building or structure; skyscraper.

The Sears Tower

意味（6）

(figuratively) Any item, such as a computer case, that is usually higher than it is wide.

意味（7）

(informal) An interlocking tower.

意味（8）

(figuratively) A strong refuge; a defence.

Thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy.

意味（9）

(historical) A tall fashionable headdress worn in the time of King William III and Queen Anne.

Lay trains of amorous intrigues / In towers, and curls, and periwigs.

意味（10）

(obsolete) High flight; elevation.

Nigh in her sight

The Bird of Jove, stoopt from his aerie tour,

Nigh in her sight The Bird of Jove, stoopt from his aerie tour, Two Birds of gayest plume before him drove.

意味（11）

The sixteenth trump or Major Arcana card in many Tarot decks, usually deemed an ill omen.

意味（12）

(cartomancy) The nineteenth Lenormand card, representing structure, bureaucracy, stability and loneliness.