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tower
Part of speech: NounA high structure, square or circular, rising above its surroundings, and either standing alone or attached to a building; as, a watchtower; a church tower; a citadel or fortress.
Part of speech: VerbTo rise to a great height; to overtop other objects.
Usage examples "tower":- Midnight sounded from the great tower of the Halles. - "The Saint", Antonio Fogazzaro Commentator: William Roscoe Thayer.
- Bring a stranger within thy tower it will go hard but thou wilt have the secondbest bed. - "Ulysses", James Joyce.
- There has been no one in the tower to- day but yourself. - "The Best Psychic Stories", Various.