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tower

About 15.77 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun 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
  2. noun A very tall open-framed structure on which communications devices are installed.
    signal tower, radio tower, cell tower
  3. noun A similarly framed structure with a platform or enclosed area on top.
    observation tower, watch tower
  4. noun A control tower.
  5. noun A skyscraper.
    The Sears Tower
  6. noun An item of various kinds, such as a computer case, that is higher than it is wide.
  7. noun A strong refuge; a defence.
  8. noun Each of a set of information technology concerns within a business, which are treated separately so that they can be handled by different providers.

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Word family

towered towering towerlike towers

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