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tower
tower. Tall structure of any form on plan, high in proportion to its lateral dimensions, often rising in stages (rather than storeys), free-standing or part of another building, used in fortifications, as points of reference in the landscape, or as a belfry attached to a church. Church-towers often have buttresses, are crowned with battlements, or support spires, and have important architectural features. See also steeple.
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JAMES STEVENS CURL. "tower." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES STEVENS CURL. "tower." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-tower.html JAMES STEVENS CURL. "tower." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-tower.html |
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Towera raised pile of something that resembles a tower. Examples : tower of buttered Yorkshire cake, 1840; of his conscience, 1483; of giraffes—Hare, 1939; of hawks (high flying Hoby hawks), 1575; of heaven, 1240; of lace, 1852; of pikes; of state, 1605; of timber (siege tower), 1483; of waves, c. 1400; of wood (siege tower), 1665; secret tower of his heart, 1374. |
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"Tower." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Tower." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2505301606.html "Tower." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2505301606.html |
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tower A piece of equipment, such as a computer system box, whose dimensions are such that height > depth > width. A large tower might be free-standing on the floor, while a smaller one might be a deskside unit and the smallest ones stand on the desktop. See also midi-tower.
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JOHN DAINTITH. "tower." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN DAINTITH. "tower." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O11-tower.html JOHN DAINTITH. "tower." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O11-tower.html |
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tower sb. XII. ME. tūr, later tour, towr — AN., OF. tur, tor (mod. tour) :- L. turris, turr- -Gr. túrris, túrsis, túrsos.
Hence tower vb. rise to a great height; soar like a hawk. XVI. |
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T. F. HOAD. "tower." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "tower." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-tower.html T. F. HOAD. "tower." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-tower.html |
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•bower, cower, devour, dower, embower, empower, endower, flour, flower, gaur, Glendower, glower, hour, lour, lower, our, plougher (US plower), power, scour, shower, sour, Stour, sweet-and-sour, tower
•Beckenbauer • Eisenhower
•Schopenhauer • safflower
•passion flower • bellflower
•mayflower • cauliflower • wallflower
•cornflour, cornflower
•sunflower • elderflower • man-hour
•Adenauer • manpower • brainpower
•willpower • horsepower • firepower
•water power • rush hour
•watchtower
•anoa, Balboa, blower, boa, foregoer, goer, grower, hoer, jerboa, knower, Krakatoa, Lebowa, lower, moa, mower, Mururoa, Noah, o'er, proa, protozoa, rower, Samoa, sewer, Shenandoah, shower, sower, spermatozoa, Stour, thrower, tower
•shadower • widower • racegoer
•theatregoer (US theatergoer)
•churchgoer • echoer
•follower, swallower
•snowblower • lawnmower • genoa
•winnower • harrower • winegrower
•borrower • burrower • vetoer
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"tower." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "tower." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-tower.html "tower." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-tower.html |
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