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Definition: TOWER |
TOWERNoun1. A structure taller than its diameter; can stand alone or be attached to a larger building. 2. Anything tall and thin approximating the shape of a column or tower; "the test tube held a column of white powder"; "a tower of dust rose above the horizon"; "a thin pillar of smoke betrayed their campsite". 3. A powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships. Verb1. Appear very large. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Slang in 1811 | TO TOWER. To overlook, to rise aloft as in a high tower. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: TO TOWER |
| English words defined with "TO TOWER": Overtower. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "TO TOWER": coal-tower operator ♦ limerock tower loader ♦ TOWER ATTENDANT, TOWER OPERATOR, TOWER-LOADER OPERATOR ♦ WIND-GENERATING-ELECTRIC-POWER INSTALLER. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "TO TOWER": tor. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Crowd at ceremony next to tower with flags. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Becton Dickinson, East Rutherford, New Jersey View south to tower, building S. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Martin Van Buren, residence in Kinderhook, New York. View to tower. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Devils Tower and Mo. Buttes. Ryan's Ranch in foreground, 2 miles from Camera to Tower. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Bangkok - detail of Wat Chang; warrior figures at each side of steps leading to tower. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | This has become more difficult in a world where change and growth seem to tower beyond the control and even the judgment of men. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Translations for "TO TOWER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Chinese | 嶢 (high, steep), 嵂 (rise sharply). (various references) | ||||
Hungarian | tornyosul (mass, to bank, to lour, to mass, tower), emelkedik (climb, go up, heave, heighten, hove, lift, rise, stand up, to ascend, to augment, to balloon, to be on the upgrade, to climb, to heave, to heighten, to improve, to rise to eminence, to take the floor). (various references) | ||||
Japanese Kanji | 聳える (to rise, to soar), 雲突く . (various references) | ||||
Japanese Katakana | そびえる (to rise, to soar), くもつく. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | otay owertay | ||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-o-o-r-t-t-w" | |
-1 letter: tooter. | |
-2 letters: otter, rotte, torot, torte, toter, tower, wooer, wrote. | |
-3 letters: otto, root, rote, roto, toot, tore, toro, tort, tote, tret, trot, trow, wert, wore, wort. | |
-4 letters: oot, ore, ort, owe, ret, roe, rot, row, tet, tew, toe, too, tor, tot, tow, two, wet, woe, woo, wot. | |
-5 letters: er, et, oe, or, ow, re, to. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-o-o-r-t-t-w" | |
+1 letter: outtower, outwrote. | |
+2 letters: outtowers, stonewort. | |
+3 letters: ghostwrote, noteworthy, outtowered, stoneworts, woodcutter. | |
+4 letters: outtowering, woodcutters. | |
+5 letters: noteworthily, yellowthroat. | |
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