tower
A tall, narrow structure (significantly taller than it is wide, either standing alone or forming part of a larger structure.
Noun 4 meanings
A 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”
An item of various kinds, such as a computer case, that is higher than it is wide.
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.
Verb 2 meanings
To be very tall; to reach a high height.
“The office block towered into the sky.”
To be high or lofty; to soar.
Etymology
From 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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TOWER at a glance
TOWER has 5 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (T 1 + O 1 + W 4 + E 1 + R 1) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,968 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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