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Uncommon
noun
•
A very
tall
iron-framed
structure
,
usually
painted
red
and
white
, on which
microwave
,
radio
,
satellite
, or other
communication
antennas
are
installed
;
mast
.
•
A
similarly
framed
structure
with a
platform
or
enclosed
area
on top
, used as a
lookout
for
spotting
fires
,
plane
crashes
,
fugitives
, etc.
•
A
water tower
.
•
A
control tower
.
•
Any very
tall
building
or
structure
;
skyscraper
.
•
Any
item
, such as a
computer
case
, that is
usually
higher than it is
wide
.
•
An
interlocking tower
.
•
A
strong
refuge
; a
defence
.
•
A
tall
fashionable
headdress
worn
in the time of
King William
III and
Queen Anne
.
•
High
flight
;
elevation
.
•
The
sixteenth
trump
or
Major Arcana
card
in many
Tarot
decks
,
usually
deemed
an
ill
omen
.
•
In Cartomancy:
The
nineteenth
Lenormand
card
,
representing
structure
,
bureaucracy
,
stability
and
loneliness
.
•
One who
tows
.
•
Denoting
the system of
weights
used by the
Saxon
and
Norman
English
kings
in their
minting
of
coins
.
verb
•
To be very
tall
.
•
To be high or
lofty
; to
soar
.
•
To
soar
into.
name
•
The
Tower of London
,
especially
seen as a
place
of
imprisonment
or
punishment
.
•
A
habitational
surname
.;
Alternative
form of
Towers
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Rhymes
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Lineage
tower
English
-er
English
-er
Middle English (1100-1500)
-eren
Middle English (1100-1500)
-or
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
-ra
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
torr
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
turris
Latin
τύρρις
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
tow
English
togian
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
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