IVORY TOWER

Meaning of IVORY TOWER in English

place withdrawn from the troubles and pressures of everyday life, attitude of aloofness

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IVORY TOWER — noun Etymology: translation of French tour d'ivoire Date: 1911 an impractical often escapist attitude marked by aloof lack of concern …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
IVORY-TOWER — adjective see: ivory tower
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
IVORY-TOWER — | ̷ ̷( ̷ ̷) ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective 1. : marked by failure or refusal to face or cope with reality and practical matters : nonrealistic …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
IVORY TOWER — noun Etymology: translation of French tour d'ivoire; originally used by C. A. Sainte-Beuve died 1869 French poet & critic with …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
IVORY TOWER — — ivory-towered, ivory-towerish , adj. — ivory-towerism, ivorytowerishness , n. — ivory-towerist, ivory-towerite , n. 1. a place or situation …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
IVORY-TOWER — see ivory tower
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
IVORY TOWER — Etymology: translation of French tour d'ivoire Date: 1911 1. : an impractical often escapist attitude marked by aloof lack of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
IVORY TOWER — Function: noun Etymology: translation of French tour d'ivoire Date: 1911 1 : an impractical often escapist attitude marked by aloof …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
IVORY TOWER — ■ noun a state of privileged seclusion or separation from the facts and practicalities of the real world. Origin early …
Concise Oxford English vocab
IVORY TOWER — [ivory tower] n [trans. of F tour d'ivoire] (1911) 1: an impractical often escapist attitude marked by aloof lack of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
IVORY TOWER — noun ( disapproving ) a place or situation where you are separated from the problems and practical aspects of normal …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
IVORY TOWER — ˌivory ˈtower BrE AmE noun [countable] a place or situation where you are separated from the difficulties of ordinary life …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
IVORY TOWER — ( ivory towers) If you describe someone as living in an ivory tower , you mean that they have no …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
IVORY TOWER — (~s) If you describe someone as living in an ~, you mean that they have no knowledge or experience of …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
IVORY TOWER — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Departmental barriers and ivory tower attitudes are detrimental to good results. ▪ For heaven's sake, …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
IVORY TOWER — Synonyms and related words : adytum, ashram, cell, cloister, den, hermitage, hideaway, hideout, hiding place, holy of holies, lair, mew, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
IVORY-TOWER — Function: adjective Synonyms: IMPRACTICAL 1, ivory-towered, ivory-towerish, nonrealistic, unpractical, unrealistic, viewy Antonyms: down-to-earth
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
IVORY-TOWER — adjective Synonyms: impractical 1, ivory-towered, ivory-towerish, nonrealistic, unpractical, unrealistic, viewy Antonyms: down-to-earth
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
IVORY TOWER — башня из слоновой кости
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
IVORY TOWER — an ivory tower - условия, когда человек полностью огражден от реальной жизни
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
IVORY TOWER — башня из слоновой кости
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IVORY TOWER — башня из слоновой кости
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IVORY TOWER — башня из слоновой кости
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
IVORY TOWER — башня из слоновой кости
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IVORY TOWER — an ivory tower - условия, когда человек полностью огражден от реальной жизни
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
IVORY TOWER — 1. замок из слоновой кости; 2. у Христа за пазухой; "сыр в масле"
Англо-Русский словарь английских идиом
IVORY TOWER — "замок из слоновой кости"; "у Христа за пазухой"; "как сыр в масле"
Англо-Русский словарь идиом
TOWER — I Any freestanding or attached structure that is relatively tall in proportion to its base. The Romans, Byzantines, and medieval …
Английский словарь Британика
IVORY — I Hard white substance, a variety of dentin, that makes up the tusks of such animals as walruses , and …
Английский словарь Британика
TOWER — I. ˈtau̇(ə)r, ˈtau̇ə, esp in southern United States ˈtau̇wə(r noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English tour, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
IVORY — I. ˈīv(ə)rē, -ri noun ( -es ; see senses 3, 4 ) Etymology: Middle English ivor, ivorie, from Old French …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TOWER — tower 1 — towerless , adj. — towerlike , adj. /tow"euhr/ , n. 1. a building or structure high in …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
IVORY — — ivorylike , adj. /uy"veuh ree, uy"vree/ , n. , pl. ivories , adj. n. 1. the hard white substance, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
IVORY — adj. of or like ivory, made of ivory; creamy white
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
IVORY — noun ( plural -ries ) Etymology: Middle English ivorie, from Anglo-French ivoire, ivurie, from Latin eboreus of ivory, from ebor-, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TOWER — vt to soar into. 2. tower ·noun high flight; elevation. 3. tower ·noun a citadel; a fortress; hence, a defense. …
Webster English vocab
IVORY — noun any carving executed in ivory. 2. ivory ·noun teeth; as, to show one's ivories. 3. ivory ·noun the tusks …
Webster English vocab
IVORY — [ivo.ry] n, pl -ries [ME ivorie, fr. OF ivoire, fr. L eboreus of ivory, fr. ebor-, ebur ivory, fr. Egypt …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TOWER — any structure that is relatively tall in proportion to the dimensions of its base. It may be either freestanding or …
Britannica English vocabulary
IVORY — variety of dentin of which the tusk of the elephant is composed, prized for its beauty, durability, and suitability for …
Britannica English vocabulary
TOWER — tower, Tower BrE AmE ˈta ʊ ‿ə AmE ˈtaʊ‿ ə r ▷ tower|ed d ▷ towering ˈta ʊ ‿ər ɪŋ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
IVORY — ivor|y, Ivor|y BrE AmE ˈaɪv ə r‿|i ▷ ivor|ies, \~y's iz ▶ ˌ Ivory ˈ Coast BrE AmE ▶ ˌ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TOWER — / ˈtaʊə(r); NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. a tall narrow building or part of a building, especially …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
IVORY — / ˈaɪvəri; NAmE / ( pl. -ies ) noun 1. [ U ] a hard yellowish-white substance like bone that …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TOWER — I. tow ‧ er 1 S3 W3 /ˈtaʊə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1100-1200 ; Language: Old …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
IVORY — i ‧ vo ‧ ry /ˈaɪv ə ri/ BrE AmE noun ( plural ivories ) [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TOWER — n. & v. --n. 1 a a tall esp. square or circular structure, often part of a church, castle, etc. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
IVORY — n. (pl. -ies) 1 a hard creamy-white substance composing the main part of the tusks of an elephant, hippopotamus, walrus, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TOWER — n. & v. n. 1 a a tall esp. square or circular structure, often part of a church, castle, etc. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
IVORY — n. (pl. -ies) 1 a hard creamy-white substance composing the main part of the tusks of an elephant, hippopotamus, walrus, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TOWER — n. & v. --n. 1. a a tall esp. square or circular structure, often part of a church, castle, etc. …
Oxford English vocab
IVORY — n. (pl. -ies) 1. a hard creamy-white substance composing the main part of the tusks of an elephant, hippopotamus, walrus, …
Oxford English vocab
TOWER — ( towers, towering, towered) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A tower …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
IVORY — 1. Ivory is a hard cream-coloured substance which forms the tusks of elephants. It is valuable and can be used …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
IVORY — 1. Ivory is a hard cream-coloured substance which forms the tusks of elephants. It is valuable and can be used …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
TOWER — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a church tower ▪ I looked at the clock on the church tower. a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
IVORY — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES ivory tower ▪ an academic in an ivory tower COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN tower …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
IVORY — [noun] [U] - the hard white substance from which the tusks of some animals such as elephants are madeintricately carved …
Cambridge English vocab
TOWER — n. Babel Tower of Devils Tower National Monument Eiffel Tower Leaning Tower of Pisa Sears Tower Tower of London Tower …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
IVORY — n. Ivory Coast ivory carving Ivory James Francis ivory billed woodpecker
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
IVORY — n. Hard white substance, a variety of dentin, that makes up the tusks of such animals as elephants , walruses …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
TOWER — Synonyms and related words : Texas tower, acropolis, antenna tower, architecture, arise, ascend, barbican, bastion, beachhead, beacon, bedrock, belfry, bell …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
IVORY — n. ivory tower ivory towered ivory towerish
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
IVORY — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ carved , polished ▪ raw ▪ the export and import of raw ~ ▪ illegal ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary

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