tower
A tall, narrow structure (significantly taller than it is wide, either standing alone…A tall, narrow structure (significantly taller than it is wide, either standing alone or forming part of a larger structure.
» Lightning struck the tower.
Der Blitz schlug in den Turm ein.
Молния ударила в башню.
В башню ударила молния.
Блискавка вдарила у башту.
Блискавка вдарила у вежу.
Meaning
15 sensesA tall, narrow structure (significantly taller than it is wide, either standing alone or forming part of a larger structure.
an observation tower, an isolated watch tower, a church tower, conning tower
A tall, narrow structure (significantly taller than it is wide, either standing alone or forming part of a larger structure.
A very tall open-framed structure on which communications devices are installed.
signal tower, radio tower, cell tower
A similarly framed structure with a platform or enclosed area on top.
observation tower, watch tower
A control tower.
A skyscraper.
The Sears Tower
(figuratively)An item of various kinds, such as a computer case, that is higher than it is wide.
Turm
ба́шняbášnja
(figuratively)A strong refuge; a defence.
Each of a set of information technology concerns within a business, which are treated separately so that they can be handled by different providers.
The sixteenth named (trump or Major Arcana) card in many Tarot decks, usually deemed an ill omen.
der Turm
The nineteenth Lenormand card, representing structure, bureaucracy, stability and loneliness.
(collective)A group of giraffes.
A metal stand used as a pivot to support a punty at a furnace.
Examples
301 sentencesLightning struck the tower.
Блискавка вдарила у башту.
ruМолния ударила в башню.
deDer Blitz schlug in den Turm ein.
Lightning hit that tower.
Блискавка влучила в цю башту.
ruМолния ударила в ту башню.
deDer Blitz ist in diesem Turm eingeschlagen.
How high is that tower?
Якої висоти ця вежа?
ruКакой высоты та башня?
deWie hoch ist dieser Turm?
That's a tower.
Це вежа.
ruЭто башня.
deDas ist ein Turm.
How tall is that tower?
Якої висоти ця вежа?
ruКакой высоты та башня?
deWie hoch ist dieser Turm?
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English tour, tur, tor, from Old English tūr, tor, torr ("tower; rock"; > EnglFrom Middle English tour, tur, tor, from Old English tūr, tor, torr ("tower; rock"; > English tor) and Old French tour, toer, tor; both from Latin turris (“a tower”), Ancient Greek τύρρις (túrrhis) (Hesychius), τύρσις (túrsis). Displaced native Middle English stepel for the general sense of "tower".
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Forms
plural: towersSynonyms
1 synonymsWord family
70 related wordsCollocations
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