Tower
noun
A tall, narrow building or a structure that is much taller than it is wide.
The Eiffel Tower in Paris is known worldwide.
Often appears as...
- communication tower
- water tower
noun
A place of protection or defense.
In chess, the king is protected in his tower.
Often appears as...
- tower of strength
- tower of refuge
noun
The part of a church in which the bell is hung.
The church's bell tower can be heard ringing on Sundays.
Often appears as...
- bell tower
- tower bell
verb
To be much taller than the things around.
The mountain towered above the tiny village.
Often appears as...
- tower over
- tower above
verb
To achieve a level, value, standard, etc. that is much higher than what is usual.
His achievements towered over those of his contemporaries.
noun
A tall, narrow building or a structure that is much taller than it is wide.
The Eiffel Tower in Paris is known worldwide.
Often appears as...
- communication tower
- water tower
noun
A place of protection or defense.
In chess, the king is protected in his tower.
Often appears as...
- tower of strength
- tower of refuge
noun
The part of a church in which the bell is hung.
The church's bell tower can be heard ringing on Sundays.
Often appears as...
- bell tower
- tower bell
verb
To be much taller than the things around.
The mountain towered above the tiny village.
Often appears as...
- tower over
- tower above
verb
To achieve a level, value, standard, etc. that is much higher than what is usual.
His achievements towered over those of his contemporaries.
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Pro Tip 1/3Distinctive Skyline
Tall towers often define city skylines and can become cultural symbols.
The Space Needle towers over Seattle's skyline.
Pro Tip 2/3Visibility from Afar
Towers are visible from a distance, serving as landmarks for navigation.
We could see the watchtower from five miles away.
Pro Tip 3/3Utilitarian Structures
Towers often have practical uses, like holding water or antennas.
The cell phone tower ensures good signal in the area.
Pro Tip 1/3Distinctive Skyline
Tall towers often define city skylines and can become cultural symbols.
The Space Needle towers over Seattle's skyline.
Pro Tip 2/3Visibility from Afar
Towers are visible from a distance, serving as landmarks for navigation.
We could see the watchtower from five miles away.
Pro Tip 3/3Utilitarian Structures
Towers often have practical uses, like holding water or antennas.
The cell phone tower ensures good signal in the area.
Pro Tip 1/3Distinctive Skyline
Tall towers often define city skylines and can become cultural symbols.
The Space Needle towers over Seattle's skyline.
Pro Tip 2/3Visibility from Afar
Towers are visible from a distance, serving as landmarks for navigation.
We could see the watchtower from five miles away.
Pro Tip 3/3Utilitarian Structures
Towers often have practical uses, like holding water or antennas.
The cell phone tower ensures good signal in the area.
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Sufferfest: 700 Miles of...
near some of the towers we were climbing on. I mean, as much as I love climbing, it doesn't really matter. But it's nice to do something that has like a slightly bigger impact on the world, like, something that actually matters, that affects, like, the quality of other people's lives. Something that I thought about a lot,
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Meet the dazzling flying...
these are some of the potential applications for commercial drones, and their enablers are the capabilities being developed at research facilities around the world. For example, before aerial package delivery entered our social consciousness, an autonomous fleet of flying machines built a six-meter-tall tower
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Why is biodiversity so...
and the genetic variety within those species. Here are tangled liana vines, which crawl up from the forest floor to the canopy, intertwining with treetops and growing thick wooden stems that support these towering trees. Helped along by the vines, trees provide the seeds, fruits and leaves to herbivores,
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Daydreaming: The bridge...
other day and she was like oh yeah yeah I loved that whole maiden in the tower daydream when I was a kid I was like no I wasn't the girl locked in the tower I was the guy on the horse rescuing the girl on the tower I was the knight obviously I mean scientists tell us that these daydreams are self
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How quantum mechanics...
would be a flashlight, and a cell phone tower would look like a huge lantern. Earth emits infrared radiation because every object with a temperature above absolute zero will emit light. This is called thermal radiation. The hotter an object gets, the higher frequency the light it emits.
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Why is Mount Everest so...
To understand how this towering formation was born, we have to peer deep into our planet's crust, where continental plates collide. The Earth's surface is like an armadillo's armor. Pieces of crust constantly move over, under, and around each other.
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How did clouds get their...
were named stratocumulus. Howard identified seven cloud types, but these have since been expanded to ten, cloud nine being the towering cumulonimbus thunder cloud, which is probably why being on cloud nine means to be on top of the world.
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What makes the Great...
When raiders were sighted, fire and smoke signals traveled between towers until reinforcements arrived. Small openings along the wall let archers fire on invaders, while larger ones were used to drop stones and more.
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10 TOP Natural History...
are close to a meter tall quite a size even for a giant petrol the chick towers to full height protecting those behind his defiance buys time
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Water Discovered In...
You have all of the ingredients that you need, that we know of, to develop life as we know it. We have cleared the tower.
Video examples
Sufferfest: 700 Miles of...
near some of the towers we were climbing on. I mean, as much as I love climbing, it doesn't really matter. But it's nice to do something that has like a slightly bigger impact on the world, like, something that actually matters, that affects, like, the quality of other people's lives. Something that I thought about a lot,
Video examples
Meet the dazzling flying...
these are some of the potential applications for commercial drones, and their enablers are the capabilities being developed at research facilities around the world. For example, before aerial package delivery entered our social consciousness, an autonomous fleet of flying machines built a six-meter-tall tower
Video examples
Why is biodiversity so...
and the genetic variety within those species. Here are tangled liana vines, which crawl up from the forest floor to the canopy, intertwining with treetops and growing thick wooden stems that support these towering trees. Helped along by the vines, trees provide the seeds, fruits and leaves to herbivores,
Video examples
Daydreaming: The bridge...
other day and she was like oh yeah yeah I loved that whole maiden in the tower daydream when I was a kid I was like no I wasn't the girl locked in the tower I was the guy on the horse rescuing the girl on the tower I was the knight obviously I mean scientists tell us that these daydreams are self
Video examples
How quantum mechanics...
would be a flashlight, and a cell phone tower would look like a huge lantern. Earth emits infrared radiation because every object with a temperature above absolute zero will emit light. This is called thermal radiation. The hotter an object gets, the higher frequency the light it emits.
Video examples
Why is Mount Everest so...
To understand how this towering formation was born, we have to peer deep into our planet's crust, where continental plates collide. The Earth's surface is like an armadillo's armor. Pieces of crust constantly move over, under, and around each other.
Video examples
How did clouds get their...
were named stratocumulus. Howard identified seven cloud types, but these have since been expanded to ten, cloud nine being the towering cumulonimbus thunder cloud, which is probably why being on cloud nine means to be on top of the world.
Video examples
What makes the Great...
When raiders were sighted, fire and smoke signals traveled between towers until reinforcements arrived. Small openings along the wall let archers fire on invaders, while larger ones were used to drop stones and more.
Video examples
10 TOP Natural History...
are close to a meter tall quite a size even for a giant petrol the chick towers to full height protecting those behind his defiance buys time
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Water Discovered In...
You have all of the ingredients that you need, that we know of, to develop life as we know it. We have cleared the tower.
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Quote examples
Philippe Petit
French Celebrity
How could I share with you how I felt when two towers that I loved, two pieces of steel and glass and concrete fell down, when actually they took with them thousands of human lives? That is the actual tragedy. But those towers were almost human for me. I was in love with them, and that's why I married them with a tight rope.
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Roone Arledge
American Journalist
One of the towering people in this industry said, why don't you go and make a five-year contract with somebody, make yourself several million dollars and put it away, then go and do whatever you want, work for public TV if you want.
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Patti Davis
American Celebrity
Christopher Reeve understood that... everything begins with hope. His vision of walking again, his belief that he would be able to in his lifetime, towered over his broken body.
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Robert Mueller
American Public Servant
I remember... seeing the first plane go into the towers and thinking: 'It's a beautiful day. Somebody really must have gotten off course to have the plane go into the towers.
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William Lyon Phelps
American Educator
A well-ordered life is like climbing a tower; the view halfway up is better than the view from the base, and it steadily becomes finer as the horizon expands.
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Lou Gehrig
American Athlete
When you have a wife who has been a tower of strength and shown more courage than you dreamed existed - that's the finest I know.
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Jayne Meadows
American Actress
My mother was the dearest, sweetest angel. She didn't talk; she sang. She was a tower of strength.
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Pete Conrad
American Astronaut
Roger. Clear the tower. I got a pitch and a roll program, and this baby's really going.
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Dante Alighieri
Italian Poet
Be as a tower firmly set; Shakes not its top for any blast that blows.
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Hope Sandoval
American Musician
Martello towers are great places to work in.
Quote examples
Philippe Petit
French Celebrity
How could I share with you how I felt when two towers that I loved, two pieces of steel and glass and concrete fell down, when actually they took with them thousands of human lives? That is the actual tragedy. But those towers were almost human for me. I was in love with them, and that's why I married them with a tight rope.
Quote examples
Roone Arledge
American Journalist
One of the towering people in this industry said, why don't you go and make a five-year contract with somebody, make yourself several million dollars and put it away, then go and do whatever you want, work for public TV if you want.
Quote examples
Patti Davis
American Celebrity
Christopher Reeve understood that... everything begins with hope. His vision of walking again, his belief that he would be able to in his lifetime, towered over his broken body.
Quote examples
Robert Mueller
American Public Servant
I remember... seeing the first plane go into the towers and thinking: 'It's a beautiful day. Somebody really must have gotten off course to have the plane go into the towers.
Quote examples
William Lyon Phelps
American Educator
A well-ordered life is like climbing a tower; the view halfway up is better than the view from the base, and it steadily becomes finer as the horizon expands.
Quote examples
Lou Gehrig
American Athlete
When you have a wife who has been a tower of strength and shown more courage than you dreamed existed - that's the finest I know.
Quote examples
Jayne Meadows
American Actress
My mother was the dearest, sweetest angel. She didn't talk; she sang. She was a tower of strength.
Quote examples
Pete Conrad
American Astronaut
Roger. Clear the tower. I got a pitch and a roll program, and this baby's really going.
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Dante Alighieri
Italian Poet
Be as a tower firmly set; Shakes not its top for any blast that blows.
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Hope Sandoval
American Musician
Martello towers are great places to work in.
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