Meaning

2 senses
  1. An airport building from which the air traffic control unit monitors and directs the movement of aircraft on and around the airport.

    Kontrollturm, Tower

    кома́ндно-диспе́тчерский пу́нктkomándno-dispétčerskij púnkt

    кома́ндно-диспе́тчерський пу́нктkomándno-dyspétčersʹkyj púnkt

    a tower with an elevated workspace enclosed in glass for the visual observation of aircraft around an airport

  2. An enclosed, raised structure occupied by one or more persons who operate or exercise control over railway traffic, ship movement, a racetrack, machinery, etc.

Examples

10 sentences
  1. Tom called from the control tower.

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  2. The control tower collapsed.

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  3. He went to the control tower.

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  4. He went to find the control tower.

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  5. The jet plane landed following the instructions of the control tower.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
airport control tower:
Русский
By meaning 1
airport control tower:
Deutsch
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airport control tower:

Forms

plural: control towers
Singularcontrol tower
Pluralcontrol towers

regular

Word family

1 related words
Relatednontowered

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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