Thesaurus: tower

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1. n. A mass of building standing alone and insulated, usually higher than its diameter, but when of great size not always of that proportion.
2. n. A projection from a line of wall, as a fortification, for purposes of defense, as a flanker, either or the same height as the curtain wall or higher.
3. n. A structure appended to a larger edifice for a special purpose, as for a belfry, and then usually high in proportion to its width and to the height of the rest of the edifice; as, a church tower.
4. n. A citadel; a fortress; hence, a defense.
5. n. A headdress of a high or towerlike form, fashionable about the end of the seventeenth century and until 1715; also, any high headdress.
6. n. High flight; elevation.
7. v. i. To rise and overtop other objects; to be lofty or very high; hence, to soar.
8. v. t. To soar into.
9. n. a structure taller than its diameter; can stand alone or be attached to a larger building
10. n. anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower
11. n. a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships
12. v. appear very large or occupy a commanding position